Storms in Missouri in 1986

204 events in 33 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1986, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Missouri in 1986 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over Missouri

The year

Events: 204
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 36
Damage: $60 million
Episodes: 33

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	104	1	2
Hail	79	0	0
Tornado	21	1	34	$60 million

Every episode, month by month

April 1986

May 1986

June 1986

July 1986

August 1986

September 1986

October 1986

Every year in Missouri Every state in 1986 Tornadoes in Missouri in 1986 Warnings in Missouri in 1986 1985 1987

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.