Wayne County, Missouri
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1957 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
26
Tornado reports
118
Hail reports
131
Floods since 1996
850
All events
6
Deaths
$59.1M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Wayne County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 26 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
An EF-3 tornado touched down 4 miles northeast of Garwood in Reynolds County and proceeded northeast into northwest Wayne County southwest of Gads Hill. Thousands of trees were uprooted or snapped along its path through northwest Wayne County. Significant damage occurred in Gads …
An EF-3 tornado touched down just northeast of Eastwood in Carter County and moved quickly northeast to the Wayne County line just southwest of Leeper. The tornado destroyed 3 homes in Leeper, including completely wiping the slab clean on one. A nearby house had its roof mostly r…
This tornado continued from Carter County into Wayne County. Three homes were destroyed. One log home in far southwestern Wayne County was levelled. Nine houses suffered major damage, and another 39 homes had minor damage. The vast majority of damage was in the Silva area. In Sil…
Tornado F3 Tornado
An EF-2 tornado touched down northeast of Greenville and moved northeast doing profound and extreme tree damage along its path. Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado directly impacted the River Valley Campground on Hidden Valley Road near the Castor River, kill…
The Persimmon Ridge Fire, located about 4 miles southeast of Piedmont in the Mark Twain National Forest, was reported by personnel from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Fanned by south southeast winds gusting 35-50mph through the evening, the fire consumed 93.1 acres befo…
Record flooding occurred on the St. Francis River as the month began. The river crested at 37.05 feet on the Patterson river gage on the evening of April 30th. The old record was 35.77 feet in December of 1982. Numerous roads were closed, including Business Route 67 in Greenville…
The record high level of Lake Wappapello exceeded the height of the emergency spillway at Wappapello Dam. The uncontrolled flow of water over the spillway berm washed out a 400-foot section of Highway T, taking out millions of dollars of communications infrastructure. County Road…
The hardest hit community during this historic flood was Piedmont. Between 200 and 300 homes and businesses were flooded in the town of about 2,000 residents. Severe flash flooding of McKenzie Creek inundated over one-third of the town. All buildings in southern Piedmont were flo…
Hail Hail
Quarter size hail was measured west of Williamsville.
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Heat Heat
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees near Clearwater Lake southwest of Piedmont.
Excessive Heat Excessive Heat
Heat continued from mid-July. Heat indices only reached heat advisory duration criteria July 26th.
Heat Heat
Heat continued into late July.
Hail Hail
Hail size estimated. The report was submitted via mPING.
Hail Hail
Multiple quarter size hail reports were received out of Piedmont on the far northern end of a supercell storm.
Hail Hail
A photo of ping-pong ball size hail was reported by the public on a broadcast media social media page. Mill Spring was in the heavy rain and hail portion of an eastward tracking supercell.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree tops were broken off large trees in Williamsville which was in the hook echo portion of a supercell storm.
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Hail Hail
Hail to the size of golf balls fell in and north of Williamsville.
Hail Hail
Golf ball size hail fell on the south side of Greenville.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3 |
| 2024 | 34 | 0 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1 |
| 2022 | 41 | 0 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1 |
| 2020 | 29 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29 | 0 |
| 2018 | 38 | 0 |
| 2017 | 32 | 0 |
| 2016 | 24 | 0 |
| 2015 | 33 | 2 |
| 2014 | 20 | 0 |
| 2013 | 22 | 0 |
| 2012 | 31 | 0 |
| 2011 | 47 | 6 |
| 2010 | 27 | 0 |
| 2009 | 31 | 0 |
| 2008 | 32 | 0 |
| 2007 | 29 | 0 |
| 2006 | 26 | 0 |
| 2005 | 17 | 0 |
| 2004 | 18 | 2 |
| 2003 | 19 | 0 |
| 2002 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 1 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 3 |
| 1984 | 5 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 2 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1 | 1 |
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