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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
759 PM CDT Tue Mar 25 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 3/14/2025 Tornado Event...

.Update...Added additional track length at the beginning of both 
tracks due to new damage being found. 

.Rover to Reynolds County...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    165 mph
Path Length /statute/:  58.02 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   800 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/14/2025
Start Time:             09:11 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 NNE Brandsville / Oregon County / MO
Start Lat/Lon:          36.67 / -91.6733

End Date:               03/14/2025
End Time:               10:29 PM CDT
End Location:           6 ESE Ellington / Reynolds County / MO
End Lat/Lon:            37.1814 / -90.869

Survey Summary:
A multi-day and joint survey between the Springfield, Paducah,
and St. Louis NWS offices concluded that a long-track EF-
3 tornado began south of Rover, MO and tracked northeast for
58 miles before lifting in southern Reynolds County. The peak
wind speed was 165 mph with a maximum width of 800 yards.

The tornado initially touched down around 2 miles northeast of 
Brandsville, then moved south of Rover where it pushed two homes 
off their foundation before continuing northeast through wooded 
areas. The tornado then took the roof off another home but left 
internal walls intact along Highway DD and again at the north end 
of County Road 331. It was also at this point that it caused the 
collapse of a pair of new high voltage transmission line metal 
support polls rated to withstand 90 mph winds before going back 
into wooded areas where satellite imagery depicted periodic 
uprooted trees into the Mark Twain National Forest. The tornado 
then crossed Highway 19 just south of the Shannon County line 
before continuing northeast into extreme southeastern Shannon 
County. Throughout its patch, satellite imagery detected that the 
tornado uprooted thousands of trees as it traveled from Rover into
extreme southeastern Shannon County.

Once the tornado crossed into western Carter County, significant 
tree damage occurred along Green Mountain Road with hundreds of 
trees uprooted or snapped, along with at least a couple trees that
were debarked. A steel trailer was picked up and lofted several 
hundred yards. Several homes were completely destroyed along the 
path from Green Mountain Road and northeast towards the town of 
Fremont and further north along Carter Highway Y. The tornado 
continued northeast and produced additional tree damage along 
Highway M and Highway D as it moved into far northeast Carter 
County. It then crossed into Iron County.

.Alton...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    145 mph
Path Length /statute/:  23.54 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   800 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/14/2025
Start Time:             09:36 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 NNW Koshkonong / Oregon County / MO
Start Lat/Lon:          36.6066 / -91.6501

End Date:               03/14/2025
End Time:               10:06 PM CDT
End Location:           4 E Greer / Oregon County / MO
End Lat/Lon:            36.7639 / -91.2766

Survey Summary:
A 24-mile long tornado path was determined by a combination of 
NWS survey, storm reports, and satellite damage to have moved from
just north of Koshkonong to 2 north of Alton before lifting 8 
miles northeast of Alton. Maximum width was approximately a half 
mile wide though it was likely considerably narrower in places.

While much of the path was to trees along with several 
outbuildings, the tornado damaged a few homes including a south 
facing ground level home off County Road 402 where it caused EF3 
damage. 

The track continued northeast of Alton into the Mark Twain 
National Forest with satellite detecting an intermittent path of 
uprooted trees to near the Eleven Point River at Turners Mill. 

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

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Titus