Missouri, 1960

Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 15, 1960

April 15, 1960 · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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

3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When
April 15, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.200, -94.500

Hail, Jackson

When
April 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Jackson County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.200, -94.280

Hail, Shelby

When
April 15, 5:04 PM CST
Where
Shelby County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.700, -92.080

Tornado, Cass

When
April 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Cass County
Rating
F3
Path length
6.1 mi
Path width
500 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
38.630, -94.620

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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: 10060445, 10060446, 10060447, 10060448.