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

NWS SGF · ETN 20 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office SGF issued a tornado warning at 00:36 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 39 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:15 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.34, -93.16, moving east-northeast at about 66 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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)
1 WNW Barnett Morgan, MO UNK 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 SSE Marion Cole, MO UNK NWS survey team found an EF-0 tornado from near the Missouri River... northeastward through Hartsburg... ending near Fulton. The tornado produced mainly tree damage alo (LSX)
Hartsburg Boone, MO UNK Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from Hartsburg. Small tree... 6-8 inches in diameter... broken near base. Time estimated from radar. (LSX)
2 SSE Marion Cole, MO UNK Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 SSE Marion. Tree limb down near 179 and Sunflower Road. Time estimated from radar. (LSX)

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

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