Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, November 9, 1984

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, November 9, 1984
Start: 1984-11-09T13:30
End: 1984-11-09T21:00
Location: Missouri

November 9, 1984 · 25 events in 13 counties and zones

16 hail, 9 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 15
Property damage: $25 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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

16 hail, 9 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When: November 9, 1:30 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.350, -90.980

Hail, St. Louis

When: November 9, 2:23 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.670, -90.450

Hail, St. Louis (C)

When: November 9, 2:25 PM CST
Where: St. Louis (C) County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.650, -90.250

Hail, Iron

When: November 9, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Iron County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 37.730, -91.120

Hail, Iron

When: November 9, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Iron County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.700, -90.850

Hail, St. Louis

When: November 9, 3:07 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.780, -90.250

Tornado, Shannon

When: November 9, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Shannon County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.150, -91.200

Hail, St. Louis (C)

When: November 9, 3:32 PM CST
Where: St. Louis (C) County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.650, -90.250

Tornado, Ste. Genevieve

When: November 9, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Ste. Genevieve County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 37.880, -90.220

Tornado, Wayne

When: November 9, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Wayne County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 37.170, -90.730

Tornado, Wayne

When: November 9, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Wayne County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.170, -90.520

Tornado, Jefferson

When: November 9, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 77 yd
Coordinates: 38.380, -90.580

Hail, Cape Girardeau

When: November 9, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 37.430, -89.750

Hail, Cape Girardeau

When: November 9, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 37.300, -89.530

Hail, Ripley

When: November 9, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Ripley County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.620, -90.820

Hail, St. Louis

When: November 9, 5:21 PM CST
Where: St. Louis County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 38.670, -90.450

Hail, Jefferson

When: November 9, 5:24 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 38.270, -90.550

Hail, Cape Girardeau

When: November 9, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.500, -89.730

Tornado, Cape Girardeau

When: November 9, 5:32 PM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.470, -89.730

Tornado, Ripley

When: November 9, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Ripley County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 77 yd
Coordinates: 36.670, -90.950

Tornado, Ripley

When: November 9, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Ripley County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 36.630, -90.820

Tornado, Washington

When: November 9, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 340 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 37.930, -90.800

Hail, Jefferson

When: November 9, 8:04 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.150, -90.570

Hail, Douglas

When: November 9, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Douglas County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 37.030, -92.270

Hail, Ozark

When: November 9, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Ozark County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 36.750, -92.420

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, Washington	1984-11-09				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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 1984 Every state in 1984 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Missouri, 1984

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: 10057818, 10057819, 10057820, 10057821, 10057822, 10057823, 10057824, 10057825, 10057826, 10057827, 10057828, 10057829, 10057830, 10057831, 10057832, 10057833, 10057834, 10057835, 10057836, 10057837, 10057838, 10057839, 10057840, 10057841, 10057842.