Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 37.880, -90.680
Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 27, 1972
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Vernon
- When
- July 27, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.780, -94.400
Tornado, St. Clair
- When
- July 27, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -94.030
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 27, 1972
- Tornado in Kansas, July 27, 1972
- Tornado in Virginia, July 27, 1972
- Tornado in Idaho, July 27, 1972
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 27, 1972
- Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1972
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 27, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 27, 1972
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 27, 1972
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 27, 1972
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1972Every state in 1972This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1972
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: 10057019, 10057020, 10057021.