Tornado, Andrew
- When
- September 26, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -94.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 26, 1959
7 tornado, 6 hail, 4 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $330,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
7 tornado, 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Gentry
- When
- September 26, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gentry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -94.550
Tornado, Andrew
- When
- September 26, 8:07 AM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew
- When
- September 26, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew
- When
- September 26, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -94.680
Tornado, Mercer
- When
- September 26, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -93.750
Tornado, Mercer
- When
- September 26, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -93.650
Tornado, Barton
- When
- September 26, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 37.570, -94.280
Hail, Greene
- When
- September 26, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.400
Hail, Greene
- When
- September 26, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -93.280
Tornado, Wright
- When
- September 26, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 7.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Audrain
- When
- September 26, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -91.900
Hail, Franklin
- When
- September 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -91.000
Hail, Crawford
- When
- September 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -91.500
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- September 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -90.580
Hail, Franklin
- When
- September 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -91.080
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- September 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -90.400
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, September 26, 1959
- Tornado in Tennessee, September 26, 1959
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, September 26, 1959
- Tornado in Idaho, September 26, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 26, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 26, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, September 26, 1959
- Hail in Kansas, September 26, 1959
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: 10063784, 10063785, 10063786, 10063787, 10063788, 10063789, 10063790, 10063791, 10063792, 10063793, 10063794, 10063795, 10063796, 10063797, 10063798, 10063799, 10063800.