Carroll County, Missouri tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Carroll County from 1955 to 2017, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Carroll County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Carroll County, Missouri between 1955 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 4 May 1977. The most recent was on 6 March 2017.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 245per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Carroll County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0953%
F1 / EF1318%
F2 / EF2318%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF416%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Carroll County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1970s.1950s11960s41970s61990s12000s42010s1

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s4
1970s6
1990s1
2000s4
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr3May5Jun4Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct0Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr3
May5
Jun4
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Carroll County

  • Strongest: Richmond, Missouri tornado4 May 1977, F4, 1 injury, 48.6 miles long
  • Longest path: Missouri tornado8 April 1999, F2, 2 injuries, 53.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado6 March 2017, EF0, 6 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Carroll County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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