Hail, Caldwell
- When
- April 23, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -94.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 23, 1975
10 hail, 6 tornado, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Property damage
- $8.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
10 hail, 6 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Caldwell
- When
- April 23, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 11.4 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -93.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- April 23, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -93.550
Hail, Linn
- When
- April 23, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -93.380
Tornado, Linn
- When
- April 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.6 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -93.350
Hail, Linn
- When
- April 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -93.080
Tornado, Linn
- When
- April 23, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -93.180
Tornado, Macon
- When
- April 23, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20.3 mi
- Path width
- 1,700 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -92.670
Hail, Macon
- When
- April 23, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -92.480
Hail, Macon
- When
- April 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -92.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -92.050
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- April 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 7.9 mi
- Path width
- 1,700 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -92.280
Tornado, Ralls
- When
- April 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ralls County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Ralls
- When
- April 23, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ralls County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -91.530
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 23, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -93.770
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -93.500
Hail, Platte
- When
- April 23, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -94.720
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 3.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.470, -93.530
Hail, Platte
- When
- April 23, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.730
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Caldwell | 1975-04-23 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Macon | 1975-04-23 | Direct |
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.
- 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
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: 10058047, 10058048, 10058049, 10058050, 10058051, 10058052, 10058053, 10058054, 10058055, 10058056, 10058057, 10058058, 10058059, 10058060, 10058061, 10058919, 10058920, 10058921, 10058922.