Storms in Missouri in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 309
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 91
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 69
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 | 158 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 87 | 8 | 91 | $19 million |
| Hail | 64 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
March 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 13, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, March 28, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, March 30, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 31, 1973
April 1973
- Tornadoes in Missouri, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 20, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 24, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, April 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 30, 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 1, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, May 6, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, May 10, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 11, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 21, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, May 22, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 2, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 3, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 5, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 19, 1973
July 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 4, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 18, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 20, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, July 22, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, July 23, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 25, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 27, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 29, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 30, 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 10, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 13, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 29, 1973
September 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 3, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, September 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 12, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 24, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 26, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, September 27, 1973
October 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 10, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, October 26, 1973
November 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 15, 1973
- Hail in Missouri, November 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, November 20, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 23, 1973
- Tornadoes in Missouri, November 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 26, 1973
December 1973
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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.