Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 15, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -92.920
Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1966
10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gasconade
- When
- May 15, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gasconade County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -91.500
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -94.180
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- May 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -94.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- May 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -94.680
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -94.500
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.580
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.580
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -94.580
Hail, Platte
- When
- May 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.780
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.500
Hail, Pettis
- When
- May 15, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -93.180
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -89.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -93.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape Girardeau
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -89.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Barton
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin
- When
- May 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- May 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -93.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -93.780
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
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: 10057890, 10057891, 10057892, 10057893, 10057894, 10057895, 10057896, 10057897, 10057898, 10057899, 10057900, 10057901, 10057902, 10057903, 10057904, 10057905, 10057906, 10057907, 10057908, 10057909, 10057910.