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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, MO — Mar 15, 2026

NWS SGF · ETN 8 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office SGF issued a tornado warning at 20:57 UTC on Mar 15, 2026. The warning was in effect for 33 minutes, ending at Mar 15, 2026 21:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 37.24, -91.77, moving east-northeast at about 44 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 NNW Hartshorn Texas, MO UNK An EF-0 tornado briefly touched down approximately 4 miles north of Hartshorn in Texas County. Numerous large trees were uprooted... and a few smaller trees were snappe (SGF)
5 NNE Hartshorn Shannon, MO UNK An EF-1 tornado briefly touched down approximately 5 miles southwest of Akers in Shannon County. Strong winds caused the roof of a single wide home to be torn off as we (SGF)
1 S Summersville Texas, MO UNK A NWS survey team found EF-0 damage with maximum winds of 85 mph south of Summersville in Texas County that later tracked into Shannon County. Multiple trees and limbs (SGF)
1 S Summersville Texas, MO UNK Corrects previous tornado report from 1 S Summersville to update the start time. A NWS survey team found EF-0 damage with maximum winds of 85 mph south of Summersville (SGF)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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