UPDATE: NWS says confirmed tornado touched down Friday night in three mid-Missouri counties
By Brian Hauswirth
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis confirms an EF-0 tornado packing winds up to 85 miles per hour touched down Friday night in Cole, Boone and Callaway counties.
No injuries are reported.
Friday night’s storms caused this tree damage in mid-Missouri’s Hartsburg (April 17, 2026 photo courtesy of Southern Boone Fire District and Boone County Office of Emergency Management Director Chris Kelley)
The NWS in St. Louis says their survey team found that the tornado formed near the Missouri River, went through Hartsburg, went east of Ashland and ended near Fulton. They also say the tornado likely touched down and lifted multiple times along the 24-mile track.
A survey team from the National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis confirms an EF-0 tornado tracked 23 miles through Boone and Callaway counties on Friday evening (April 20, 2026 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter)
