Tornado, Barton
- When
- December 1, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Barton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.500, -94.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, December 1, 1982
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $528,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Vernon
- When
- December 1, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 19 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- December 1, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -93.770
Tornado, Henry
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- December 1, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -93.870
Hail, Vernon
- When
- December 1, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.020, -94.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- December 1, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- December 1, 9:11 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -93.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- December 1, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -93.330
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- December 1, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -93.000
Hail, Pettis
- When
- December 1, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -93.430
Tornado, Pettis
- When
- December 1, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Chariton
- When
- December 1, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -93.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- December 1, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- December 1, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -92.170
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10058743, 10058744, 10058745, 10058746, 10058747, 10058748, 10058749, 10058750, 10058751, 10058752, 10058753, 10058754, 10058755, 10058756, 10058757.