Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Carter County, Missouri, April 24, 2002
RatingF4
Deaths0
Injuries16
Length40.5 mi
Width650 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.00, -91.02) to the end point (36.80, -90.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 24, 2002, 3:13 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Carter County, Butler County
- Path
- 40.5 miles long, up to 650 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 16 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 24, 2002
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2002 | F2 | Missouri | 9 mi | 800 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F0 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 24, 2002 | F0 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.