Missouri, 1965Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 26, 1965
May 26, 1965 · 13 events in 11 counties and zones
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- May 26, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -94.900
Tornado, Cass
- When
- May 26, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -94.330
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -94.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.400
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- May 26, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -93.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- May 26, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Howell
- When
- May 26, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cole
- When
- May 26, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cole County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 26, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 26, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -90.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- May 26, 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Coordinates
- 37.580, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Pettis
- When
- May 26, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -93.180
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 26, 196515 injured · $253,000 · F2 · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 26, 196511 injured · $550,000 · F2 · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1965$275,000 · F2 · 12 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1965$250,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 26, 1965$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 26, 1965$25,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 26, 1965$28,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 26, 19654 events
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 26, 19651 event
- Hail in South Carolina, May 26, 19652.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 26, 19651 event
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: 10060537, 10060538, 10060539, 10060540, 10060541, 10060542, 10060543, 10060544, 10060545, 10060546, 10060547, 10060548, 10060549.