Tornado History Map

McDonald County, Missouri tornado history

23 tornadoes recorded in or across McDonald County from 1954 to 2019, 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 McDonald County

The Storm Prediction Center records 23 tornadoes whose paths touched McDonald County, Missouri between 1954 and 2019. They killed 1 person and injured 23. The busiest month is May, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 22 May 2011. The most recent was on 22 May 2019.

  • 23tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 23injuries
  • 426per 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 McDonald County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0522%
F1 / EF11148%
F2 / EF2626%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

McDonald County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s31960s11970s11980s31990s32000s42010s8

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s1
1970s1
1980s3
1990s3
2000s4
2010s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in May.Jan2Feb0Mar1Apr5May8Jun2Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov1Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May8
Jun2
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov1
Dec2

Records for McDonald County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Missouri tornado15 November 1988, F2, 1 death, 12 injuries, 28 miles long
  • Strongest: Oklahoma tornado22 May 2011, EF3, 4 injuries, 17.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Oklahoma tornado22 May 2019, EF2, 16.6 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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