The tornado outbreak of April 20, 2025

40 tornadoesIllinois, Missouri, Arkansas and 2 more states

40 tornadoes touched down across 5 states between 1:24 AM and 9:42 PM CDT, none rated EF3 or stronger.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · April 20, 2025

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 40 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 40; on Sunday, April 20, 2025
EF3 or stronger: 0; None rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 0; Along all the paths
Injured: 1; Along all the paths
Path miles: 183; All the paths end to end
First and last: 1:24 AM to 9:42 PM; Touchdowns, Central Daylight Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown.

Tornadoes of April 20, 2025

1:24 AM	EF0	Love County OK	0.5	30	0
1:31 PM	EF2	Callaway County MO	2.6	100	1
1:57 PM	EF1	Cherokee County, Jasper County KS, MO	24.1	250	0
2:29 PM	EF0	Barton County MO	19.8	300	0
2:41 PM	EF1	Washington County AR	3.0	250	0
4:21 PM	EF0	Christian County MO	1.3	50	0
4:30 PM	EF0	Morgan County MO	0.7	75	0
4:35 PM	EF0	Douglas County MO	2.8	50	0
4:46 PM	EF0	Webster County MO	1.1	30	0
4:59 PM	EF0	Wright County MO	1.8	50	0
5:08 PM	EF1	Wright County MO	2.1	400	0
5:18 PM	EF1	Boone County MO	3.3	100	0
5:21 PM	EF1	Saline County, Perry County AR	7.7	350	0
5:33 PM	EF1	Boone County MO	2.3	100	0
5:56 PM	EF1	Audrain County MO	0.3	50	0
6:01 PM	EF0	Shannon County MO	1.5	250	0
6:19 PM	EF0	Pike County MO	0.3	25	0
6:48 PM	EF0	Adams County IL	4.2	25	0
6:55 PM	EF1	Pulaski County, Faulkner County and 2 more AR	14.2	500	0
7:04 PM	EF0	Adams County IL	8.2	100	0
7:37 PM	EF1	McDonough County IL	7.0	150	0
7:45 PM	EF0	Mercer County IL	0.9	25	0
7:47 PM	EF1	McDonough County IL	3.0	100	0
7:57 PM	EF0	Warren County IL	4.0	25	0
8:00 PM	EF1	Monroe County IL	7.3	100	0
8:13 PM	EF1	Monroe County IL	0.3	100	0
8:14 PM	EF0	St. Clair County IL	0.8	100	0
8:25 PM	EF1	Randolph County IL	1.3	75	0
8:35 PM	EF0	Henry County IL	2.2	75	0
8:39 PM	EF1	Knox County, Henry County IL	16.5	150	0
8:41 PM	EF1	Knox County, Henry County IL	4.4	120	0
8:49 PM	EF1	Tazewell County IL	14.5	100	0
8:54 PM	EFU	Henry County IL	0.3	10	0
8:57 PM	EF0	Henry County IL	0.2	50	0
8:58 PM	EF0	Henry County IL	1.1	50	0
8:58 PM	EF1	Henry County IL	7.3	25	0
8:58 PM	EF1	Henry County IL	7.2	100	0
9:12 PM	EF0	Rock Island County IL	0.7	50	0
9:26 PM	EF1	Bureau County IL	1.0	50	0
9:42 PM	EF1	Jackson County IL	1.7	25	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, April 20, 2025

Illinois	22	0	0
Missouri	13	0	0
Arkansas	3	0	0
Kansas	1	0	0
Oklahoma	1	0	0

Tornadoes in 2025 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.