Hail, Atchison
- When
- May 13, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -95.650
Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 13, 1974
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 13, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -94.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew
- When
- May 13, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -94.980
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- May 13, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -94.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- May 13, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -94.750
Tornado, De Kalb
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -94.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- May 13, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -94.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 13, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -94.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- May 13, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -93.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- May 13, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- May 13, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lewis County
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -91.520
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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: 10059998, 10059999, 10060000, 10060217, 10060218, 10060219, 10060220, 10060221, 10060222, 10060223, 10060224, 10060225.