Tornado, Wright
- When
- February 21, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -92.270
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 21, 1976
6 tornado, 4 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 23
- Property damage
- $7.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howell
- When
- February 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 37 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -91.970
Tornado, Howell
- When
- February 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -91.850
Tornado, Howell
- When
- February 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 37 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -91.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- February 21, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Phelps
- When
- February 21, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Phelps County
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -91.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Shannon
- When
- February 21, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Shannon County
- Coordinates
- 37.020, -91.330
Tornado, Butler
- When
- February 21, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.720, -90.480
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis
- When
- February 21, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -90.430
Tornado, Stoddard
- When
- February 21, 2:37 AM CST
- Where
- Stoddard County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.880, -90.250
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, Butler | 1976-02-21 | Direct |
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.
- 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: 10057260, 10057261, 10057262, 10057263, 10057264, 10057265, 10057266, 10057267, 10057268, 10057269.