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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Chillicothe, MO

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Chillicothe, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 49 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
49

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

1 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Chillicothe

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s4
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s9(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s13(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Chillicothe, Missouri
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 23, 1975F412 mi11.4 mi1 / 3
Apr 21, 1967F421 mi59 mi0 / 2
Apr 23, 1975F311 mi14 mi0 / 2
Apr 21, 1967F313 mi14.6 mi0 / 0
May 6, 2023EF216 mi12.38 mi0 / 0
Oct 24, 2021EF29 mi31.37 mi0 / 0
Apr 8, 1999F223 mi53.5 mi0 / 2
Jun 7, 1984F218 mi3 mi0 / 1
Apr 21, 1967F219 mi3 mi0 / 0
Apr 21, 1967F224 mi6.3 mi0 / 7
Apr 10, 1965F222 mi10.3 mi0 / 1
Apr 10, 1965F216 mi11.1 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 49, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Chillicothe while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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