Tornado, Ozark
- When
- May 7, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ozark County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -92.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1961
12 tornado, 5 hail, 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
- 11
- Property damage
- $1.9 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
12 tornado, 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ozark
- When
- May 7, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Ozark County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -92.250
Tornado, Howell
- When
- May 7, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -92.120
Tornado, Howell
- When
- May 7, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -92.000
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 7, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- May 7, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -94.900
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 12:31 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -93.580
Tornado, Platte
- When
- May 7, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -94.770
Tornado, Platte
- When
- May 7, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -94.720
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 7, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -90.630
Hail, Jasper
- When
- May 7, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -94.500
Tornado, Platte
- When
- May 7, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -94.550
Tornado, Ray
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.050
Tornado, Ray
- When
- May 7, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -93.920
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -93.620
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- May 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -93.430
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 7, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 7, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.400
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 in Arkansas, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 7, 1961
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 7, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 7, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7, 1961
- Hail in Minnesota, May 7, 1961
- Hail in Maryland, May 7, 1961
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: 10062717, 10062718, 10062719, 10062720, 10062721, 10062722, 10062723, 10062724, 10062725, 10062726, 10062727, 10062728, 10062729, 10062730, 10062731, 10062732, 10062733, 10062734, 10062735.