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Tornado touched down in Boone, Callaway counties during Friday outbreak

Storm clouds menace Columbia on Friday, April 17, 2026, during an outbreak that spawned at least six twisters in the region.
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Storm clouds menace Columbia on Friday, April 17, 2026, during an outbreak that spawned at least six twisters in the region.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A National Weather Service team identified damage from an EF-0 tornado Monday after it ripped through Hartsburg and crossed the Missouri River toward Fulton.

The tornado, with winds of about 85 mph, caused sporadic tree damage partially tore the roof of a hangar at the Fulton-Elton Hensley Memorial Airport on Friday. The weather service thinks the tornado touched down and lifted up multiple times along the track.

The severe weather outbreak led to at least six tornadoes that have been identified in or close to Mid-Missouri on Friday night: three in Morgan County, two in Benton County and the newly tracked twister in Boone and Callaway counties.

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