Marion County, Missouri tornado history

18 tornadoes recorded in or across Marion County from 1967 to 2021, 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 Marion County

The Storm Prediction Center records 18 tornadoes whose paths touched Marion County, Missouri between 1967 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 10 May 2003. The most recent was on 24 June 2021.

  • 18tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 412per 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 Marion County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01161%
F1 / EF1317%
F2 / EF2317%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Marion County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2000s.1960s11970s31990s32000s82010s12020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s3
1990s3
2000s8
2010s1
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May5Jun5Jul1Aug1Sep1Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun5
Jul1
Aug1
Sep1
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Marion County

  • Strongest: Missouri tornado10 May 2003, F3, 12 miles long
  • Longest path: Missouri tornado10 May 2003, F2, 6 injuries, 20 miles long
  • Most recent: Missouri tornado24 June 2021, EF0, 0.1 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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