Storms in Missouri in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1971, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Missouri in 1971 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 182
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 144
- Damage
- $27 million
- Episodes
- 45
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 44 | 3 | 144 | $27 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 4, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 26, 1971
March 1971
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 14, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, March 15, 1971
April 1971
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 20, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 26, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 27, 1971
May 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 1, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 5, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, May 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 23, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 24, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 31, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 1, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 2, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 6, 1971
- Tornado in Missouri, June 8, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 11, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, June 12, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, June 13, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 19, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 22, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 27, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 28, 1971
July 1971
- Hail in Missouri, July 8, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 10, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 14, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, July 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 18, 1971
- Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1971
- Tornado in Missouri, July 23, 1971
August 1971
September 1971
November 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in MissouriEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Missouri in 197119701972
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.