From Ohio to Oklahoma, See Where Tornadoes Caused The Most Damage Last Week

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Last week, more than 30 tornadoes swept through the South and Midwest. Accompanied by strong hail and heavy rains, the tornado outbreak destroyed homes and businesses, created near-record flood levels, and killed at least seven people.

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While the full scale of the damage is yet to be determined, the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit provides an early survey of the destruction. From April 1 to 5, NOAA surveyors logged over 900 instances of tornado damage, including the full destruction of hundreds of homes, electric wires, and other critical infrastructure. A closer look at the data reveals the counties where tornadoes caused the most damage last week.

To determine where tornadoes caused the most damage this weekend, Climate Crisis 247 reviewed data on post-storm damage assessments from the NOAA Damage Assessment Toolkit. Counties were ranked based on a custom tornado damage impact score, a weighted aggregation of the severity of all NOAA damage assessment points within a given county. The severity is the product of the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale value and an NOAA-assigned Degree of Damage (DoD) score. The tornado damage impact score gives greater weight to larger buildings like manufactured homes and family residences that sustained greater degrees of damage, such as complete destruction or collapse of exterior walls. NOAA storm data is for the period April 1 to 5, 2025.

20. Van Wert County, OH

Tornado damage impact score: 47 points
Number of storm damage reports: 19 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 100 mph
Summary of property damage: 7 small barns or farm outbuildings, 2 one- or two-family residences, 7 softwood trees

19. Hendricks County, IN

Tornado damage impact score: 48 points
Number of storm damage reports: 15 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 120 mph
Summary of property damage: 4 small barns or farm outbuildings, 6 one- or two-family residences, 3 warehouse buildings, 1 hardwood tree, 1 softwood tree

18. Wilson County, TN

Tornado damage impact score: 51 points
Number of storm damage reports: 34 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 105 mph
Summary of property damage: 4 small barns or farm outbuildings, 10 one- or two-family residences, 14 hardwood trees, 4 softwood trees

17. Delaware County, IN

Tornado damage impact score: 56 points
Number of storm damage reports: 16 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 110 mph
Summary of property damage: 13 small barns or farm outbuildings, 1 one- or two-family residence, 1 softwood tree

16. Vernon County, MO

Tornado damage impact score: 61 points
Number of storm damage reports: 18 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 110 mph
Summary of property damage: 5 small barns or farm outbuildings, 1 double-wide manufactured home, 1 motel, 1 small retail building, 2 metal building systems, 1 service station canopy, 1 electrical transmission line, 4 hardwood trees

15. Putnam County, OH

Tornado damage impact score: 64 points
Number of storm damage reports: 20 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 120 mph
Summary of property damage: 5 small barns or farm outbuildings, 3 single-wide manufactured homes, 3 hardwood trees, 7 softwood trees

14. Lauderdale County, AL

Tornado damage impact score: 69 points
Number of storm damage reports: 33 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 105 mph
Summary of property damage: 3 small barns or farm outbuildings, 3 one- or two-family residences, 1 free-standing light pole, luminary pole, or flag pole, 18 hardwood trees, 8 softwood trees

13. Bollinger County, MO

Tornado damage impact score: 71 points
Number of storm damage reports: 10 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 125 mph
Summary of property damage: 1 small barn or farm outbuilding, 2 one- or two-family residences, 1 single-wide manufactured home, 1 institutional building, 5 hardwood trees

12. Clark County, IL

Tornado damage impact score: 73 points
Number of storm damage reports: 42 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 112 mph
Summary of property damage: 9 small barns or farm outbuildings, 1 one- or two-family residence, 1 single-wide manufactured home, 1 warehouse building, 3 electrical transmission lines, 4 hardwood trees, 21 softwood trees

11. Cooper County, MO

Tornado damage impact score: 80 points
Number of storm damage reports: 17 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 115 mph
Summary of property damage: 8 small barns or farm outbuildings, 3 one- or two-family residences, 2 single-wide manufactured homes, 1 masonry apartment or motel building, 1 electrical transmission line, 2 hardwood trees

10. Tulsa County, OK

Tornado damage impact score: 90 points
Number of storm damage reports: 43 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 110 mph
Summary of property damage: 21 one- or two-family residences, 1 single-wide manufactured home, 1 apartment, condo, or townhouse, 2 metal building systems, 1 warehouse building, 3 electrical transmission lines, 11 hardwood trees, 3 softwood trees

9. Johnson County, IL

Tornado damage impact score: 99 points
Number of storm damage reports: 25 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 125 mph
Summary of property damage: 3 small barns or farm outbuildings, 2 one- or two-family residences, 1 single-wide manufactured home, 1 electrical transmission line, 9 hardwood trees, 9 softwood trees

8. McCracken County, KY

Tornado damage impact score: 105 points
Number of storm damage reports: 44 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 114 mph
Summary of property damage: 1 small barn or farm outbuilding, 2 one- or two-family residences, 1 strip mall, 1 large isolated retail building, 1 low-rise building, 2 electrical transmission lines, 29 hardwood trees, 7 softwood trees

7. Washington County, MO

Tornado damage impact score: 113 points
Number of storm damage reports: 27 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 165 mph
Summary of property damage: 1 small barn or farm outbuilding, 4 one- or two-family residences, 2 double-wide manufactured homes, 2 free-standing light poles, luminary poles, or flag poles, 14 hardwood trees, 4 softwood trees

6. Ballard County, KY

Tornado damage impact score: 124 points
Number of storm damage reports: 39 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 118 mph
Summary of property damage: 7 small barns or farm outbuildings, 2 one- or two-family residences, 1 low-rise building, 6 electrical transmission lines, 17 hardwood trees, 6 softwood trees

5. Madison County, IN

Tornado damage impact score: 126 points
Number of storm damage reports: 21 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 132 mph
Summary of property damage: 11 small barns or farm outbuildings, 6 one- or two-family residences, 1 metal building system, 2 hardwood trees, 1 softwood tree

4. Cumberland County, IL

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Tornado damage impact score: 149 points
Number of storm damage reports: 72 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 115 mph
Summary of property damage: 20 small barns or farm outbuildings, 3 one- or two-family residences, 5 electrical transmission lines, 1 hardwood tree, 36 softwood trees

3. Bond County, IL

Tornado damage impact score: 151 points
Number of storm damage reports: 31 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 135 mph
Summary of property damage: 11 small barns or farm outbuildings, 5 one- or two-family residences, 2 single-wide manufactured homes, 12 hardwood trees, 1 softwood tree

2. Vanderburgh County, IN

Tornado damage impact score: 205 points
Number of storm damage reports: 67 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 125 mph
Summary of property damage: 9 small barns or farm outbuildings, 12 one- or two-family residences, 1 electrical transmission line, 26 hardwood trees, 18 softwood trees

1. Cape Girardeau County, MO

Tornado damage impact score: 299 points
Number of storm damage reports: 58 assessments
Maximum reported wind speed: 128 mph
Summary of property damage: 6 small barns or farm outbuildings, 13 one- or two-family residences, 1 double-wide manufactured home, 1 apartment, condo, or townhouse, 3 small professional buildings, 2 automobile service buildings, 1 institutional building, 2 metal building systems, 14