Tornado, Butler
- When
- March 5, 5:05 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County, Stringtown to 8 mi SE of Hendrickson
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -90.630
Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
The tornado passed through a very sparsely populated section of the Mark Twain National Forest, causing considerable timber damage, but little structural damage. Two trailers were destroyed 5 miles southwest of Hendrickson, and house roofs were damaged 4 miles southeast of Hendrickson.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The tornado passed through a very sparsely populated section of the Mark Twain National Forest, causing considerable timber damage, but little structural damage. Two trailers were destroyed 5 miles southwest of Hendrickson, and house roofs were damaged 4 miles southeast of Hendrickson. The only other notable damage was about 8 miles north of Stringtown. The funnel was not in contact with the ground at all times, so the damage path was discontinuous.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1996Warnings in Missouri, March 1996
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: 5546892.