Clinton County, Missouri tornado history

28 tornadoes recorded in or across Clinton County from 1955 to 2022, 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 Clinton County

The Storm Prediction Center records 28 tornadoes whose paths touched Clinton County, Missouri between 1955 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 14 March 1955. The most recent was on 11 June 2022.

  • 28tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 668per 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 Clinton County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01243%
F1 / EF1932%
F2 / EF2621%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Clinton County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2000s.1950s31960s51970s41980s21990s22000s72010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s5
1970s4
1980s2
1990s2
2000s7
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar2Apr6May12Jun3Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr6
May12
Jun3
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Clinton County

  • Strongest: Missouri tornado14 March 1955, F3, 1 injury, 9.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Kansas tornado18 May 1971, F2, 6 injuries, 55.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado11 June 2022, EF0, 0 miles long

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

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