Storm reports for April 29, 2025

Storms crossed southwest Missouri on the morning of April 29, 2025, and Springfield-Branson National Airport measured a 90 mph gust at 9:34 a.m.¹ NWS Springfield reported significant tree and structural damage, especially in Greene County and Springfield, and NOAA's Storm Events Database lists $10 million in damage from the wind in Greene County.^1,2 Two EF1 tornadoes with 90 mph winds crossed Lawrence County, one south of Freistatt and one from between Verona and Aurora into eastern Aurora, damaging roofs.^3,4

That afternoon a line of storms crossed from southeast Ohio through western Pennsylvania, with measured gusts of 77 mph near West Alexander and 75 mph near Churchill.⁵ Around Pittsburgh, wind stripped shingles, siding and fascia from homes in Robinson Township, Carnegie and Murrysville, and blew out a wall in Edgewood.⁵ Falling trees killed a man in Ross Township and a car passenger in Greene County, Pennsylvania.^6,7 Farther east, NWS State College estimated a 110 to 120 mph gust that knocked over a cell tower in Cambria County, and reported a building collapse in Sunbury.⁸ A man in State College was electrocuted by power lines the storm brought down.⁹

In north Texas, hail up to 5 inches across fell south and east of Guthrie in King County that afternoon.¹⁰ That evening, an EF3 tornado near Seymour destroyed farm buildings, and hangars, planes and vehicles at the Seymour Municipal Airport.¹¹ Winds in nearby Munday, in Knox County, toppled a radio tower, snapped power poles, broke windows and damaged roofs.¹²