Missouri tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Missouri between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
3,118
Tornado reports
73,339
Storm events
1,009
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Missouri
3,100 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Missouri
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 241 | 98 | 27 | 11 |
| 1960s | 350 | 138 | 35 | 14 |
| 1970s | 267 | 132 | 30 | 15 |
| 1980s | 286 | 82 | 29 | 8 |
| 1990s | 257 | 36 | 29 | 4 |
| 2000s | 675 | 117 | 68 | 12 |
| 2010s | 596 | 62 | 60 | 6 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Missouri
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
A vehicle was swept off a low water bridge on State Highway CC due to flash flooding. One of the occupants was able to self rescue however the other occupant was found deceased in the vehicle.
One person was swept away by flood waters one mile west of Raccoon Road at Shoal Creek in Newton county.
Heavy rainfall that occurred during the morning of June 14th caused the James River at Springfield to reach moderate flood stage. This caused elevated stream flows at Lake Springfield. Four individuals went into Lake Springfield during the afternoon of June 14th and went over the…
Hail from nickels to hen eggs in size fell along a path from Pineville to Rocky Comfort as a developing and intensifying left moving supercell move to the northeast across the County. Along the storms path numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock and othe…
A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began near Wheaton and continued to the northeast across Barry County. Hail from quarters to 3 inches in size fell along a path from Wheaton to Purdy to Pleasant Ridge as an intensifying left moving supercell moved to the northeast across …
A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began near southwest of Aurora and continued to the northeast across southeastern Lawrence County. Hail from quarters to softballs in size fell along a path from Aurora to Marionville as an intensifying left moving supercell moved to the n…
A hail swath from a mile to 2 miles wide continued from northeast of Marionville and continued to the northeast across far western Christian County. Hail from quarters to baseballs in size fell along a path from northeast of Marionville to north of Billings as a left moving super…
A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began southwest of Republic and continued to the northeast across Greene County. Hail from quarters to 4.75 inches in size fell along a path from Republic to northwestern Springfield to Fair Grove as an intensifying left moving supercell m…
A hail swath from a mile to 2 miles wide began south of Elkland and continued to the northeast across northern Webster County. Hail from quarters to hen eggs in size fell along a path from south of Elkland to west of Rader and south of Conway as a left moving supercell moved to t…
A hail swath from a mile to 3 miles wide began near Conway and continued to the north-northeast across Laclede County. Hail from quarters to 3 inches in size fell along a path from Conway to Phillipsburg to Eldridge as a left moving supercell moved across the County. Along the st…
A hail swath from quarters to golf balls in size fell along a path from Decaturville to Montreal where a left moving supercell moved to the northeast and weakened before leaving the county. Along the storms path, numerous homes, vehicles, businesses, equipment, crops, livestock a…
A severe thunderstorm produced hail from golf ball to tennis balls in size over a swath nearly 32 miles in length from south of Nevada, MO to locations north and east of Nevada. Along this mostly rural path, damage occurred to some roofs of homes and structures, vehicles, multipl…
Hail from golf balls to baseballs in size fell for over 5 minutes across rural areas west of El Dorado Springs and into the western portions of El Dorado City limits. Damage was reported to multiple vehicles, roofs, siding, outbuildings, businesses and equipment. Several windshie…
Hail from golf ball to hen egg in size was reported across portions of Lebanon including the Lebanon Airport where pictures of golf ball hail were provided. Damage occurred to homes, vehicles, equipment, outbuildings and general aviation aircraft at the airport.
A slow moving elevated severe thunderstorm produced hail from the size of quarters up to tennis balls, 3 inches, in size as it moved across the city of Iberia. Significant damage to roofs, vehicles, and other structures occurred. This swath of hail was nearly 3 miles in length wi…
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Adair (406)
Andrew (378)
Atchison (462)
Audrain (467)
Audrain and Montgomery (1)
Barry (1,166)
Barry, Cedar, Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon, Mcdonald and Newton (1)
Barton (729)
Barton, Cedar and Vernon (1)
Bates (469)
Benton (672)
Bollinger (822)
Boone (977)
Buchanan (673)
Butler (1,035)
Caldwell (308)
Callaway (615)
Camden (753)
Cape Girardeau (1,209)
Cape Girardeau and Scott (1)
Carroll (366)
Carter (744)
Cass (898)
Cedar (510)
Chariton (430)
Christian (1,111)
Clark (509)
Clay (1,119)
Clinton (448)
Cole (468)
Cole and Callaway (1)
Cooper (544)
Crawford (478)
Dade (549)
Dallas (624)
Daviess (476)
De Kalb (363)
Dent (497)
Douglas (1,076)
Dunklin (678)
Franklin (882)
Gasconade (436)
Gentry (331)
Greene (2,307)
Grundy (499)
Harrison (431)
Henry (582)
Hickory (477)
Holt (333)
Howard (374)
Howell (1,070)
Iron (333)
Jackson (1,806)
Japser (1)
Jasper (1,282)
Jefferson (805)
Johnson (820)
Knox (282)
Laclede (800)
Lafayette (563)
Lawrence (897)
Lewis (405)
Lincoln (537)
Linn (353)
Livingston (372)
Macon (417)
Madison (285)
Maries (392)
Marion (428)
Mcdonald (779)
Mercer (287)
Miller (586)
Mississippi (715)
Moniteau (372)
Monroe (333)
Monroe and Shelby (1)
Montgomery (424)
Morgan (655)
New Madrid (772)
Newton (1,055)
Nodaway (629)
Oregon (436)
Osage (346)
Ozark (820)
Pemiscot (497)
Perry (752)
Pettis (595)
Phelps (678)
Pike (404)
Platte (847)
Polk (987)
Pulaski (673)
Putnam (265)
Ralls (348)
Randolph (308)
Ray (416)
Reynolds (297)
Ripley (793)
Saline (528)
Schuyler (197)
Scotland (418)
Scott (963)
Shannon (587)
Shelby (313)
St. Charles (995)
St. Clair (531)
St. Francois (494)
St. Louis (1,651)
St. Louis (c) (472)
Ste. Genevieve (281)
Ste. Genevieve (c) (36)
Stoddard (922)
Stone (797)
Sullivan (289)
Taney (859)
Texas (745)
Vernon (760)
Warren (413)
Washington (474)
Wayne (850)
Webster (999)
Worth (225)
Wright (860)
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