De Soto, Missouri

===Tornado activity===
On December 21, 1967, an F4 tornado 16.8 miles away from the city center killed three people, injured 52 people, and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.<ref name="city-data.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/De-Soto-Missouri.html|title=De Soto, Missouri (MO 63020) profile: Population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders}}</ref>

On June 22, 1969, an F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260&nbsp;mph) tornado 13.5 miles away from the De Soto city center killed two people and injured 22 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.<ref name="city-data.com"/>

On April 22, 1981, a tornado destroyed the Joachim Savings & Loan, the offices of the Republic and Press newspaper, and a tire store. One person was killed in the Savings & Loan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19810423&id=_LVPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V1IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4368,2023484|title=The Bryan Times - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003|May 6, 2003]], at approximately 3:45 pm, a tornado outbreak began in [[Kansas]], [[Missouri]], and [[Tennessee]]. At 5:14pm, a tornado touched down two miles northwest of De Soto. Fourteen minutes later, the tornado sirens went off in [[Jefferson County, Missouri|Jefferson County]]. The tornado hit De Soto at F3 intensity, causing $12,800,000 in damage. The tornado destroyed the junior high gymnasium, caused significant damage to the high school and Vineland Elementary, destroyed 58 houses and a local grocery store. It injured 23 and killed nine inside De Soto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/05/06/tornadoes/ |title=Tornado strikes eastern Missouri town - May. 6, 2003 |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2022-06-10}}</ref>