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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, MO — Apr 18, 2026

NWS LSX · ETN 19 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LSX issued a tornado warning at 00:42 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 48 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.50, -92.62, moving east-northeast at about 45 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
7 SSE Stover Morgan, MO EF0° An NWS survey concluded an EF0 tornado caused debris from a barn and outbuildings to be thrown mainly east with some to the north near the beginning of the tornadoes tr (SGF)
2 N Gravois Mills Morgan, MO Unrated An NWS survey team found damage associated with a tornado that tracked north of Gravois Mills... MO. Several trees were uprooted in a cyclonic pattern... a window was b (SGF)
1 WNW Barnett Morgan, MO Unrated An NWS survey team found damage associated with a tornado that tracked north of Barnett... MO. Damage included tree debris blown to the east and north... and metal rods (SGF)
2 S Marion Cole, MO Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 2 SSE Marion. High-resolution satellite imagery revealed 2 seperate tornado tracks. This 3.5 mile track ran from 2 S Marion... MO (LSX)
Hartsburg Boone, MO Unrated Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from Hartsburg. Small tree... 6-8 inches in diameter... broken near base. Time estimated from radar. (LSX)
2 NE Carrington Callaway, MO Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 2 SSE Marion. High-resolution satellite imagery revealed 2 seperate tornado tracks. This 2.3 mile track ran from 2 NE Carrington.. (LSX)
3 WSW Fulton Callaway, MO Unrated Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 3 WSW Fulton. Part of a hangar roof was torn off at the Fulton Airport. (LSX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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