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

NWS SGF · ETN 18 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office SGF issued a tornado warning at 00:10 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 35 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 00:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.28, -93.62, moving east-northeast at about 54 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
1 NE Whitakerville Benton, MO UNK An NWS survey concluded an EF0 tornado caused damage to a building on 83 and Highway MM southeast of Warsaw. This tornado is also reported to have damaged trees in the (SGF)
2 WNW Warsaw Benton, MO UNK An NWS survey concluded an EF1 tornado touched down northwest of Warsaw... tracking at least as far east as highway 65. The tornado flipped several mobile homes resting (SGF)
7 SSE Stover Morgan, MO UNK 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 UNK 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)

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

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