What the record says
On 7 June 1984, a tornado touched down near Eagleville, Missouri. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 134 miles long and up to 250 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 3 people and injured 64.
- F4Fujita rating
- 3deaths
- 64injuries
- 134 mipath length
- 250 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
- Decatur County, Iowa
- Iowa County, Iowa
- Keokuk County, Iowa
- Lucas County, Iowa
- Mahaska County, Iowa
- Monroe County, Iowa
- Wapello County, Iowa
- Wayne County, Iowa
- Harrison County, Missouri
- Mercer County, Missouri
The start point was at 40.42, -94.03 and the end point at 41.58, -91.85 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Missouri
- Joplin, Missouri tornado22 May 2011, EF5, 158 deaths, 1,150 injuries, 21.6 miles long
- Overland Park, Kansas tornado20 May 1957, F5, 44 deaths, 207 injuries, 69.4 miles long
- Welch, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2008, EF4, 21 deaths, 350 injuries, 75.5 miles long
- St. Louis, Missouri tornado10 February 1959, F4, 21 deaths, 345 injuries, 23.9 miles long
- Cooter, Missouri tornado21 March 1952, F4, 17 deaths, 100 injuries, 6.5 miles long
- Bay, Arkansas tornado10 December 2021, EF4, 8 deaths, 14 injuries, 81.2 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1984
- Greenville, North Carolina tornado28 March 1984, F4, 16 deaths, 153 injuries, 28 miles long
- Walthall, Mississippi tornado21 April 1984, F3, 15 deaths, 76 injuries, 71 miles long
- St. Pauls, North Carolina tornado28 March 1984, F3, 12 deaths, 101 injuries, 40 miles long
- Ridgeway, Wisconsin tornado7 June 1984, F5, 9 deaths, 200 injuries, 36 miles long
- Henryetta, Oklahoma tornado26 April 1984, F3, 8 deaths, 95 injuries, 22 miles long
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