Tornado History Map

Howard County, Missouri tornado history

9 tornadoes recorded in or across Howard County from 1958 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 Howard County

The Storm Prediction Center records 9 tornadoes whose paths touched Howard County, Missouri between 1958 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 3 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 12 March 2006. The most recent was on 22 May 2019.

  • 9tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 194per 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 Howard County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0444%
F1 / EF1333%
F2 / EF2111%
F3 / EF3111%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Howard County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in 1980s.1950s21960s11980s32000s22010s1

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1980s3
2000s2
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 3 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr2May3Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May3
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Howard County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Missouri tornado12 March 2006, F3, 35 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado22 May 2019, EF0, 0.6 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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