Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- June 16, 5:25 AM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -94.900
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 16, 1973
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 14
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- June 16, 3:27 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 92 kt (106 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- June 16, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -94.580
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- June 16, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 14 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -94.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- June 16, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- June 16, 3:51 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -94.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- June 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Ray
- When
- June 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- June 16, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -94.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- June 16, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -94.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- June 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- June 16, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- June 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- June 16, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- June 16, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- June 16, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -92.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Moniteau
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moniteau County
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Laclede
- When
- June 16, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Laclede County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- June 16, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -92.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- June 16, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- June 16, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- June 16, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- June 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Ralls
- When
- June 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ralls County
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -91.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Bates
- When
- June 16, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bates County
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -94.300
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes in Maryland, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 16, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1973
More
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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: 10057933, 10057934, 10057935, 10057936, 10057937, 10057938, 10057939, 10057940, 10057941, 10057942, 10057943, 10057944, 10057945, 10057946, 10057947, 10057948, 10057949, 10057950, 10057951, 10057952, 10057953, 10057954, 10057955, 10057956, 10057957, 10057958.