Tornado, Barton
- When
- November 17, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.630, -94.570
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 17, 1958
10 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
10 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- November 17, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -94.570
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- November 17, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -94.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- November 17, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -93.780
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- November 17, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -94.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- November 17, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -94.500
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- November 17, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.980, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- November 17, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -94.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- November 17, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -94.580
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- November 17, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -94.000
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- November 17, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -93.030
Tornado, Webster
- When
- November 17, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -93.050
Tornado, Grundy
- When
- November 17, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -93.450
Tornado, Webster
- When
- November 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -92.880
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- November 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -93.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- November 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -94.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- November 17, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- November 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -94.000
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, November 17, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, November 17, 1958
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, November 17, 1958
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, November 17, 1958
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10062622, 10062623, 10062624, 10062625, 10062626, 10062627, 10062628, 10062629, 10062630, 10062631, 10062632, 10062633, 10062634, 10062635, 10062636, 10062637, 10062638, 10062639.