Tornado, Chariton
- When
- September 27, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -92.800
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 27, 1959
7 tornado, 2 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
- $83,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- September 27, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -92.670
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- September 27, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -92.750
Tornado, Howard
- When
- September 27, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -92.580
Tornado, Howard
- When
- September 27, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -92.530
Tornado, Polk
- When
- September 27, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -93.300
Tornado, Callaway
- When
- September 27, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Callaway County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -92.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- September 27, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- September 27, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -92.500
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.
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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: 10063801, 10063802, 10063803, 10063804, 10063805, 10063806, 10063807, 10063808, 10063809.