Montgomery County

Montgomery County, MO

Data available through 1/1/2013

Date

Time (CST)

F/EF-Scale

Length (Miles)

Maximum Width (Yards)

Killed

Injured

Property Damage

Source*

5/18/1883

6:00 PM

F3

30

200

n/a

G

Developed across far northeastern Osage County and moved NE across far northwestern Gasconade County before entering Montgomery County. Houses and barns were swept away near Rhineland before it entered Warren County. A total of 1 person was killed and 8 injured by this tornado.

5/27/1896

n/a

F2

7

n/a

1

n/a

G

Moved NE, passing 3 miles E of Bellflower. A church and a barn were destroyed. A woman was killed and an infant was injured. Dissipated in Lincoln County.

4/2/1918

6:00 PM

F3

8

600

3

9

>$40,000

G

Tornado moved E, passing through Mineola and ending 2 miles S of Florence. Churches, homes, a school, and a 22 room hotel under construction were destroyed. Near Mineola, a man was killed in a barn. South of Florence, 2 people were killed when they ran from their home after it was unroofed, and were hit by debris as the rest of the home blew apart.

7/17/1952

4:15 PM

F1

0.2

10

0

n/a

NCDC

4/23/1955

4:15 PM

F2

11

100

0

$25,000

G, NCDC

Formed near Montgomery City and moved NNW to near Wellsville. Barns were destroyed.

5/12/1980

7:40 PM

F2

0.5

100

0

7

n/a

G, NCDC

Tornado touched down north of Jonesburg. The first touched down N of town in a wooded area snapping several trees in half, one barn was destroyed, extensive damage to one home, power lines knocked out and debris spread for a half mile.

5/12/1980

7:45 PM

F2

0.5

100

0

>$50,000

NCDC

Passed SE of Jonesburg. Large cedar trees 2 feet in diameter were snapped in half. Granite tombstones were blown over. As the tornado moved NE, several small trees uprooted. Moving through a trailer park, the tornado did most of its damage. Out of 8 homes, 3 were totally destroyed and debris from the mobile home park was scattered 0.5 mile onto I-70.

4/13/1981

9:50 PM

F0

n/a

0

n/a

NCDC

Unconfirmed tornado reported by the county sheriff 3 miles S of Wellsville. No other information.

7/20/1981

2:07 PM

F2

1

50

0

>$5,000

NCDC

A tornado touched down at High Hill in the eastern part of the county. One home was demolished.

12/2/1982

9:45 AM

F1

2

70

0

2

n/a

NCDC

9/22/1993

4:55 PM

F2

12

120

0

2

n/a

NCDC

A tornado with an intermittent damage track first touched down in Martinsburg in Audrain County where many windows were shattered and numerous large trees were blown down. The county sheriff office reported the heaviest damage in a well defined path through town. The tornado crossed into Montgomery County. In Wellsville, two eye witnesses saw a tornado approach from the northwest and split into two funnels. The tornado uprooted trees which fell on several cars and houses. A few cars were crushed. A roof off the Kiddie Kastle Day Care Center along Highway 19 was ripped off and deposited between 200 and 250 yards downwind. Extensive damage to houses occurred mainly in the SE part of town. Strong winds from the tornado tore the roof off at least two houses. A wind gust to 90 mph was reported in town but it us unknown if it was directly associated with the tornado. To the east of Wellsville, the tornado apparently tore the roof off a barn near the intersection of Highway 161 and County Road CC before lifting. No one was injured. Damage in both counties was $5,000,000.

4/13/1998

2:20 PM

F0

0

50

0

n/a

NCDC

A sheriff deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown in open country near Bellflower. There was no damage.

7/18/2000

4:55 PM

F1

4

50

0

$75,000

NCDC

A tornado struck eastern Montgomery County causing damage at a farm and downing trees and power lines. The tornado first caused damage at a farm on Leonard Road which was also where the most extensive damage occurred. A large garage lost both doors and half of its roof. A grain trailer was overturned and 2 grain bins blown away, one to the NW and the other about 1/2 mile to the E. The remainder of the damage path consisted of downed trees and crop damage.

5/27/2004

5:40 PM

F0

1

75

0

n/a

NCDC

A tornado hit Jonesburg causing some tree and roof damage. About a dozen buildings suffered roof damage from the tornado. There were also numerous trees and power lines down.

3/12/2006

11:48 PM

F0

2

75

0

n/a

NCDC

The tornado that formed in Osage County about 11:43 am CST, crossed the Missouri River into Callaway County, then continued northeast into Montgomery County. In Montgomery County, the tornado destroyed a small shed along County Road 289 and then dissipated about 2 miles north of Bluffton.

3/13/2006

12:00 AM

F3

4

300

0

$800,000

NCDC

The supercell thunderstorm that produced tornadoes in Osage, Callaway, and Montgomery counties produced another tornado in Montgomery County that formed in Jonesburg about Midnight CST March 13, 2006. Damage was first found on Highway Y where a home suffered roof damage. On West Boonslick Road a porta potty business suffered roof damage in addition to having about 20 porta potties destroyed, a few of which were missing. A garbage bin was blown about 100 yards into a field and a mobile home just north of the business was blown onto its side and destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F1 and was 100 yards wide. The tornado crossed Interstate 70 at mile marker 83 where it pushed a tractor-trailer off the highway. The tornado then produced damage as it crossed Highway E. Several homes suffered roof damage and several garage and barn type structures were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast and caused extensive damage as it crossed Oak Hall Road (County Road 250). The CC Pallet Company was destroyed and two mobile homes were destroyed. A 73 year old woman suffered broken bones and a back injury in one of the mobile homes. The tornado at this location was 200 yards wide and was rated F2. The tornado moved northeast causing tree damage as it moved across primarily open fields. Just north of Highway NN a new home was destroyed, tress were mangled and another home suffered roof damage. The tornado was rated F3 at this location and was 300 yards wide. The tornado next caused significant damage along Highway NN right at the Montgomery Warren County line about 12:10 am CST. A barn and several outbuildings were destroyed and a home suffered roof damage. The tornado was rated F1and was about 100 yards wide at this location. The tornado then continued into Warren County. The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reported 8 structures destroyed, 10 with extensive damage and 14 with moderate damage. This covers homes and businesses and does not include barns and outbuildings.

3/13/2006

1:20 AM

F2

7

300

0

1

$200,000

NCDC

A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that tracked from northeast Montgomery County, across northern Lincoln County, crossed into southeast Pike County, and then crossed the Mississippi River into Calhoun County, IL during the early morning hours of Monday, March 13, 2006. The total damage track was almost 45 miles with the tornado reaching a maximum damage width of 300 yards and a F2 rating. The tornado first formed and caused damage in northeast Montgomery County about 1:20 am CST along Union Chapel Road northwest of Bellflower. A home suffered roof damage with several trusses on the northwest side destroyed. The tornado was about 100 yards wide at this point and was rated F1. The tornado moved northeast and crossed Highway E several times. In the small community of Gamma, two homes suffered major roof damage, a barn and several outbuildings destroyed. The tornado was rated F2 at this location and was about 200 years wide. The tornado weakened and caused tree damage near the West Fork of the Cuivre River as it crossed into Lincoln County southwest of Olney.

6/10/2006

4:50 PM

F0

1

60

0

n/a

NCDC

A tornado formed just south of Interstate 70 destroying several large power poles. The tornado moved east, crossing I-70 and damaging a barn about 75 yards north of the highway.

10/2/2007

5:17 PM

EF0

2

40

0

$50,000

NCDC

The tornado touched down near the intersection of CR 165 and CR 168. It travelled to the northeast destroying one outbuilding and damaging or destroying numerous trees. Also, the southeast corner of a hog confinement building was damaged, leading to a partial roof collapse. Some of the debris was thrown a third of a mile to the northeast. An unoccupied car was also damaged. The tornado lifted and dissipated on CR 160 about a quarter of a mile south of CR 164. A strong cold front moved through the region, triggering showers and thunderstorms. Several low-topped supercells produced 8 tornadoes and straight line wind damage from central and northeast Missouri to west central Illinois during the evening of October 2nd.

5/25/2011

1:15 PM

EF1

7

100

0

n/a

NCDC

EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado touched down just east of Highway 19 on County Road 219. The tornado moved northeast to County Road 221, just south of County Road 226, where it struck a small farm causing extensive tree damage and minor damage to some of the outbuildings. The tornado continued northeast to County Road 226, just east of intersection with County Road 221 where it affected another farmstead. At this location, a metal machine shed lost most of the roofing with some of the tin blown approximately one half mile to the north-northeast. Also, a grain bin was partially caved in and there was more significant tree damage. On the next road north, County Road 227, a metal machine shed had the eastern portion of the roof partially caved in. There was also minor tree damage. On Highway V, approximately 2 miles east of Highway 161, another farm sustained damage. Three outbuildings were destroyed and a full grown oak tree was snapped at the base. Metal roofing was tossed northeast at least one half mile with a couple pieces wrapped around high tension power lines to the north of Highway V. This was the most intense damage along the tornado path and was rated high end EF-1. The tornado continued moving northeast causing minor tree damage along County Road 153 and finally dissipated in an open field west of County Road 141 about two miles northwest of Bellflower, MO. The maximum width of the tornado was 100 yards and the path length was 7 miles. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Strong area of low pressure moved into the forecast area with a dry line out ahead of the main cold front. Storms fired up along and just ahead of the dry line beginning in the early afternoon hours. There were numerous reports of large hail with isolated damaging winds and tornadoes with this event.

*Sources

G - Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. A Chronology and Analysis of Events. Environmental Films, Tornado Project, St. Johnsbury, VT.

NCDC - National Climatic Data Center U.S. Local Storms Events Data (www.ncdc.noaa.gov)