Storms in Missouri in 1987

245 events in 37 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 1987, 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 1987 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

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The year

Events: 245
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 5
Damage: $75,000
Episodes: 37

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	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	166	0
Hail	73	4
Tornado	6	1	$75,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1987

Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 11, 19871 event

April 1987

Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 13, 19871 in hail · 8 events

May 1987

June 1987

July 1987

August 1987

September 1987

December 1987

Tornadoes in Missouri, December 14, 1987$50,000 · F1 · 3 events

Every year in Missouri Every state in 1987 Tornadoes in Missouri in 1987 Warnings in Missouri in 1987 1986 1988

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.