Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 12, 1964

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 12, 1964
Start: 1964-04-12T16:30
End: 1964-04-12T22:20
Location: Missouri

April 12, 1964 · 17 events in 10 counties and zones

8 tornado, 6 hail, 3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 13
Property damage: $13 million
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

8 tornado, 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Platte

When: April 12, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Platte County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.6 mi
Path width: 17 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 39.300, -94.880

Hail,

When: April 12, 5:20 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.580, -94.680

Tornado, Clinton

When: April 12, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Rating: F1
Path length: 6.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.670, -94.420

Tornado, Cass

When: April 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.6 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.700, -94.400

Hail,

When: April 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.780, -94.000

Hail, Jackson

When: April 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.880, -94.580

Hail, Buchanan

When: April 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Buchanan County
Coordinates: 39.700, -94.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew

When: April 12, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Andrew County
Coordinates: 39.880, -94.680

Hail, Johnson

When: April 12, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 38.700, -94.000

Hail, Johnson

When: April 12, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 38.880, -93.900

Tornado, Cass

When: April 12, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Cass County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.770, -94.280

Tornado, Jackson

When: April 12, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.3 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.830, -94.230

Tornado, Jackson

When: April 12, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F3
Path length: 5.4 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.870, -94.220

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: April 12, 7:53 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Coordinates: 38.700, -93.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: April 12, 8:35 PM CST
Where: Benton County
Coordinates: 38.080, -93.400

Tornado, Johnson

When: April 12, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Johnson County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.7 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 38.570, -93.770

Tornado, Nodaway

When: April 12, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Nodaway County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.8 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 40.280, -94.980

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Cass	1964-04-12				Direct
Tornado, Johnson	1964-04-12				Direct

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

Every storm in Missouri in 1964 Every state in 1964 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Missouri, 1964

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: 10063912, 10063913, 10063914, 10063915, 10063916, 10063917, 10063918, 10063919, 10063920, 10063921, 10063922, 10063923, 10063924, 10063925, 10063926, 10063927, 10063928.