Henry County, Missouri tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Henry County from 1953 to 2025, 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 Henry County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Henry County, Missouri between 1953 and 2025. They killed 1 person and injured 20. The busiest month is March, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 19 April 1973. The most recent was on 19 May 2025.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 20injuries
  • 273per 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 Henry County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0842%
F1 / EF1842%
F2 / EF2211%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF415%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Henry County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2020s.1950s21970s21980s31990s12000s32010s22020s6

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1970s2
1980s3
1990s1
2000s3
2010s2
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Mar.Jan0Feb0Mar5Apr5May5Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr5
May5
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Henry County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Missouri tornado12 March 2006, F2, 1 death, 13 injuries, 26 miles long
  • Strongest: Windsor, Missouri tornado19 April 1973, F4, 5 injuries, 10 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado19 May 2025, EF1, 3.5 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Henry 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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