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Tornado Damage in Cooper County
Columbia Missourian
2025

Tornado damage in Cooper County after wind ripped through houses, power lines, and barn buildings on Wednesday, April 2. The confirmed EF-2 tornado stretched across 6.3 miles and damaged areas from Pilot Grove to Interstate 70 about 40 miles west of Columbia.

A barn structure sinks in the mud Wednesday along I-70 north of Pilot Grove. The tornado traveled 6.3 miles across Cooper County and reached the highway, according to the National Weather Service.
A boat is covered in fallen wood and insulation knocked over from a tornado that touched down Wednesday in Cooper County. Cooper County Emergency Management called for mutual aid to help clean up debris across the county, said William Johnson, a lieutenant with the Cooper County Fire Protection District.
A decorative plant and broken glass lay on the floor of Jessica Lorenz-Rudkin’s property hit by the tornado Wednesday in Cooper County. Lorenz-Rudkin’s family and local community helped pack important items into trailers after the storm.
Broken jars lie on the grass of fallen barn structures near Interstate 70 in Cooper County.
Sheep roam a farmland field in Cooper County after a tornado ripped through the region earlier that morning.