Moniteau County, Missouri tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Moniteau County from 1955 to 2024, 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 Moniteau County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Moniteau County, Missouri between 1955 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 May 1980. The most recent was on 27 April 2024.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 530per 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 Moniteau County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0627%
F1 / EF11255%
F2 / EF2418%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Moniteau County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1950s21960s51970s31980s41990s62000s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s3
1980s4
1990s6
2000s1
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr3May4Jun4Jul1Aug2Sep2Oct2Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr3
May4
Jun4
Jul1
Aug2
Sep2
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Moniteau County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Missouri tornado12 May 1980, F2, 42.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado27 April 2024, EF1, 1.7 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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