Thunderstorm Wind, Barry
- When
- October 16, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -93.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 16, 1984
13 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 3 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
- $5.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- October 16, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -92.180
Tornado, Boone
- When
- October 16, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -92.220
Hail, Boone
- When
- October 16, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- October 16, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -92.200
Hail, Audrain
- When
- October 16, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Audrain
- When
- October 16, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -91.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Audrain
- When
- October 16, 5:15 AM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -91.650
Hail, Clay
- When
- October 16, 6:05 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -94.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Dade
- When
- October 16, 9:36 AM CST
- Where
- Dade County
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -93.720
Tornado, Christian
- When
- October 16, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -93.130
Tornado, Christian
- When
- October 16, 11:22 AM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -93.070
Tornado, Webster
- When
- October 16, 11:24 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -93.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Ozark
- When
- October 16, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ozark County
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -92.430
Tornado, Ozark
- When
- October 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ozark County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -92.150
Tornado, Shannon
- When
- October 16, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shannon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.180, -91.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Dent
- When
- October 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dent County
- Coordinates
- 37.620, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Dent
- When
- October 16, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dent County
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -91.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Reynolds
- When
- October 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Reynolds County
- Coordinates
- 37.450, -91.120
Tornado, Iron
- When
- October 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -91.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Reynolds
- When
- October 16, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Reynolds County
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -90.950
Tornado, Bollinger
- When
- October 16, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Bollinger County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -90.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- October 16, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -89.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape Girardeau
- When
- October 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -89.530
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 16, 1984
- Tornado in Kansas, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 16, 1984
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: 10059770, 10059771, 10059772, 10059773, 10059774, 10059775, 10059776, 10059777, 10059778, 10059779, 10058706, 10057560, 10057561, 10057562, 10057563, 10057564, 10057780, 10057781, 10057782, 10057783, 10057784, 10057785, 10057786, 10057787.