Hail, St. Louis (C)
- When
- May 5, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis (C) County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -90.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 5, 1971
10 hail, 7 tornado, 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 78
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 7 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis (C)
- When
- May 5, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis (C) County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -90.280
Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 5, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -93.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -94.280
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.180
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -93.100
Hail, Ray
- When
- May 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -93.780
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -93.070
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -93.070
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- May 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 60 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -94.570
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -93.500
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -93.280
Hail, Chariton
- When
- May 5, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -92.900
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -92.980
Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 5, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 12 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -92.970
Hail, Ray
- When
- May 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.000
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- May 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -93.980
Hail, Macon
- When
- May 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -92.780
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, Jasper | 1971-05-05 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 1971
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 5, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 5, 1971
- Hail in Illinois, May 5, 1971
- Hail in Indiana, May 5, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 5, 1971
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1971Every state in 1971This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1971
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: 10059246, 10059247, 10059248, 10059249, 10059250, 10059251, 10059252, 10059253, 10059254, 10059255, 10059256, 10059257, 10059258, 10059259, 10059260, 10059261, 10059262, 10059263.