Storms in Missouri in 2003

2,530 events in 1,423 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Missouri in 2003 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: 2,530
Deaths: 35
Injuries: 328
Damage: $317 million
Episodes: 1,423

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
Hail	1,281	1	5	$12 million
Thunderstorm Wind	510	0	5	$5.7 million
Winter Storm	211	0	0
Flash Flood	121	1	0	$1.3 million
Heat	115	12	147
Tornado	109	19	171	$298 million
Heavy Snow	45	0	0	$6,000
Heavy Rain	37	1	0	$1,000
Flood	25	0	0
High Wind	19	0	0	$5,000
Lightning	15	0	0	$2,000
Winter Weather	14	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Strong Wind	5	1	0	$7,000
Frost/Freeze	5	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.