Warren County

Warren 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

0

n/a

n/a

G

Formed over Osage County and moved NE through Gasconade and Montgomery Counties before moving into Warren county.  Tornado passed 1 mile SE of Jonesburg.  This tornado killed 1 person and injured 8, most likely over Montgomery County.

5/18/1883

6:30 PM

F3

7

200

0

n/a

n/a

G

Formed over Gasconade County and moved NE, destroying 4 homes and a dozen barns before dissipating shortly after entering Warren County.  Five people were injured by this tornado.

5/18/1883

7:00 PM

F3

15

200

1

15

n/a

G

Formed 4 miles S of Wright City and moved NE, passing near Foristell and dissipating N of Wentzville in St.Charles County.  At least 8 farm house were destroyed.  A teaching certificate was carried for 50 miles.

7/10/1971

10:43 AM

F1

0.3

77

0

0

n/a

NCDC

6/21/1981

1:10 AM

F2

7

300

1

6

$500,000

NCDC

A tornado touched down just N of Warrenton and moved ESE to about 2 miles S of Wright City.   The most damage was from near Highway 47 on the N side of Warrenton to just N of I-70 E of Warrenton.  The tornado crossed I-70 about 4 miles E of Warrenton and moved to the south of of Wright City.  The damage path was scattered after the crossing at I-70.  Three houses were destroyed and 3 mobile homes were destroyed.  A woman was killed and an infant was critically injured.  The other 5 injuries did not require hospitalization.  Trees were uprooted and some corn was destroyed.

6/15/1982

12:30 AM

F1

4

50

0

0

>$50,000

NCDC

A small tornado touched down 1 mile E of Route MM just off of Old Highway 40 then lifted quickly, traveling a mile NE and touching down at Mobile Inn Trailer Court where 4 mobile homes were damaged.  The tornado lifted again and touched down in a residential area of Warrenton 2 miles later.  Here a carport was destroyed and several roofs damaged.  The tornado lifted again and no more touchdowns were noted.

5/1/1983

3:30 PM

F2

0.5

200

0

3

>$500,000

NCDC

A short lived but strong tornado touched down in Wright City.  Severe damage was reported to the Lions Club ($250,000).  Severe damage was also reported to the Westwoods Assembly of God Church and to the adjacent home.  Three homes and 3 apartment buildings were damaged or destroyed.  The 3 minor injuries were to the pastor's children.

8/3/1990

2:52 PM

F1

0.3

50

0

0

>$50,000

NCDC

A tornado touched down briefly and destroyed one mobile home.  It also produced significant damage to two other mobile homes and to the roof of Citgo service station.  The storm was probably a "gustnado" as it was at the leading edge of the storm.  Several eyewitnesses saw a funnel cloud.

4/13/1998

3:09 PM

F1

9

50

0

0

$500

NCDC

A weak tornado tracked from just east of Warrenton in Warren County to Lake St. Louis in St. Charles County. The tornado was spotted several times along the path by severe storm spotters, intermittently touching down but causing very little damage. The only reported damage of note was to the garage doors at the truck weigh station along Interstate 70 in Foristell. 

4/10/2001

7:20 PM

F0

0

50

0

0

$20,000

NCDC

A small tornado formed briefly just west of Wright City.  One mobile home on a sales lot was overturned.

3/13/2006

12:10 AM

F0

2

50

0

0

$0

NCDC

The tornado that formed in Montgomery County in Jonesburg around Midnight CST March 13, continued into Warren County. The tornado moved through mostly forest area west of Highway A along Camp Creek causing tree damage before dissipating. 

4/23/2010

5:40 PM

EF0

n/a

n/a

0

0

$0

NCDC

A tornado briefly touched down in a field 3 miles north northeast of Pendleton. No damage was reported.

4/23/2010

6:11 PM

EF0

n/a

n/a

0

0

$0

NCDC

A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage was reported.

*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)