Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin
- When
- December 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -90.170
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, December 4, 1973
16 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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
16 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Butler
- When
- December 4, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -90.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 4, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 38.230, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- December 4, 3:47 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickory
- When
- December 4, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hickory County
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -93.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- December 4, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Miller
- When
- December 4, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Miller County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Osage
- When
- December 4, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Osage County
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -91.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Cole
- When
- December 4, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Cole County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -92.180
Tornado, Boone
- When
- December 4, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -92.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Callaway
- When
- December 4, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Callaway County
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -91.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- December 4, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -92.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Gasconade
- When
- December 4, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gasconade County
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- December 4, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -91.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- December 4, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- December 4, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -91.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- December 4, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -91.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- December 4, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -92.050
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.
- 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
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10057699, 10057700, 10057701, 10057702, 10057703, 10060711, 10060712, 10060713, 10060714, 10060715, 10059070, 10059071, 10059072, 10059073, 10059074, 10059075, 10059076, 10059077.