Tornado, Newton
- When
- April 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -94.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 13, 1974
6 tornado, 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $353,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
6 tornado, 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Chariton
- When
- April 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -93.230
Hail, Linn
- When
- April 13, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -93.080
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 13, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -92.300
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 13, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -92.270
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 13, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -92.170
Tornado, Clark
- When
- April 13, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Taney
- When
- April 13, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Taney County
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Callaway
- When
- April 13, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Callaway County
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -92.120
Hail, Boone
- When
- April 13, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -92.270
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- April 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.950, -92.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Audrain
- When
- April 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -91.880
Tornado, Wright
- When
- April 13, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.2 mi
- Path width
- 177 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -92.430
Tornado, Texas
- When
- April 13, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -92.000
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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: 10059105, 10059106, 10059107, 10059108, 10059109, 10059110, 10059111, 10059112, 10059113, 10059114, 10059115, 10059116, 10059117, 10059118.