Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Macon County, Missouri, April 8, 1999

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length17 mi

Width270 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.88, -92.47) to the end point (40.00, -92.22), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 8, 1999, 4:25 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Missouri
Counties: Macon County, Knox County
Path: 17 miles long, up to 270 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 8, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 8, 1999	F4	Iowa	49 mi	1,000 yd	0	3
Apr 8, 1999	F4	Iowa	56 mi	1,250 yd	0	1
Apr 8, 1999	F3	Iowa	39 mi	n/a	0	5
Apr 8, 1999	F3	Iowa	16 mi	300 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F3	Illinois	7.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Missouri	53.5 mi	280 yd	0	2
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Iowa	32 mi	n/a	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Missouri	4 mi	120 yd	0	5
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Missouri	16 mi	150 yd	0	2
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Missouri	10 mi	120 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F2	Missouri, Illinois	27.3 mi	120 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Nebraska	4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Nebraska	3 mi	40 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Nebraska	4 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Nebraska	1.5 mi	400 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Iowa	2 mi	n/a	0	2
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Iowa	5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	13.5 mi	n/a	0	2
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Iowa	8 mi	440 yd	0	1
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Iowa	8 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Iowa	9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	7 mi	n/a	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	4 mi	n/a	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	10 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	12 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	South Carolina	9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Missouri	8 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Illinois	4 mi	120 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Illinois	9.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Illinois	9.3 mi	333 yd	1	6
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Illinois	1 mi	n/a	0	1
Apr 8, 1999	F1	Illinois	3.5 mi	100 yd	1	3
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Nebraska	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Nebraska	1 mi	40 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Nebraska	3.5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	n/a	40 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.3 mi	60 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	5 mi	80 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	South Carolina	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Illinois	20 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 8, 1999	F0	Illinois	0.3 mi	n/a	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.