Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 31, 1973

Name: Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 31, 1973
Start: 1973-03-31T11:00
End: 1973-03-31T12:15
Location: Missouri

March 31, 1973 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cass

When: March 31, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Cass County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 38.600, -94.200

Tornado, Henry

When: March 31, 11:25 AM CST
Where: Henry County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 38.420, -93.780

Hail, Johnson

When: March 31, 11:30 AM CST
Where: Johnson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.800, -93.500

Hail, Pettis

When: March 31, 11:45 AM CST
Where: Pettis County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 38.750, -93.250

Hail, Pettis

When: March 31, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Pettis County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.630, -93.170

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 1973 Every state in 1973 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Missouri, 1973

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: 10058141, 10058142, 10058143, 10058144, 10058145.