Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 14, 1966

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 14, 1966
Start: 1966-10-14T13:30
End: 1966-10-14T21:10
Location: Missouri

October 14, 1966 · 12 events in 9 counties and zones

11 tornado, 1 hail, 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: 32
Property damage: $5.2 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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

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

Hail, Polk

When: October 14, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Polk County
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 37.500, -93.580

Tornado, Dallas

When: October 14, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Dallas County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 220 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.670, -93.170

Tornado, Camden

When: October 14, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Camden County
Rating: F2
Path length: 14.9 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.900, -92.800

Tornado, Moniteau

When: October 14, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Moniteau County
Rating: F2
Path length: 7.6 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.550, -92.670

Tornado, Miller

When: October 14, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Miller County
Rating: F2
Path length: 4.9 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.100, -92.520

Tornado, Camden

When: October 14, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Camden County
Rating: F2
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.030, -92.580

Tornado, Moniteau

When: October 14, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Moniteau County
Rating: F2
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.630, -92.570

Tornado, Miller

When: October 14, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Miller County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.350, -92.650

Tornado, Cole

When: October 14, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Cole County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 38.530, -92.070

Tornado, Laclede

When: October 14, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Laclede County
Rating: F2
Path length: 5.2 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.520, -92.480

Tornado, Pulaski

When: October 14, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Rating: F2
Path length: 13.7 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 37.730, -92.230

Tornado, St. Charles

When: October 14, 9:10 PM CST
Where: St. Charles County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2.7 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 26 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.780, -90.520

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 1966 Every state in 1966 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Missouri, 1966

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: 10059051, 10059052, 10059053, 10059054, 10059055, 10059056, 10059057, 10059058, 10059059, 10059060, 10059061, 10059062.