642  
NOUS43 KEAX 211723 CCA  
PNSEAX  
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-  
043>046-053-054-031115-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
1223 PM CDT WED MAY 21 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/19/2025 HENRY COUNTY TORNADO
 
 
   
OVERVIEW
 
 
AN EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN IN FAR SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY Z,  
WHERE IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND SURROUNDING OUTBUILDINGS  
AND TREES. IT THEN CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY Z AND ALONG  
SE 1051 RD. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCULATION WAS  
OBSERVED AS FAR EAST AS SE 1231 RD NORTH OF FINEY CHURCH. SIGNIFICANT  
STRAIGHT LINE WIND TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TORNADO  
PATH ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY.  
 
   
HENRY COUNTY TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF-1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH  
LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.4 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 05/19/2025  
START TIME: 07:15 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 ENE MOUNT ZION / HENRY COUNTY / MO  
START LAT/LON: 38.23 / -93.59  
 
END DATE: 05/19/2025  
END TIME: 07:19 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 N FINEY / HENRY COUNTY / MO  
END LAT/LON: 38.25 / -93.54  
 

 
 
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
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