Storms in Missouri in 2004

1,892 events in 915 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2004, 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 2004 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: 1,892
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 152
Damage: $31 million
Episodes: 915

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	680	0	0	$2.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind	466	2	50	$1.8 million
Flash Flood	218	1	1	$8.3 million
Winter Storm	146	0	0	$2,000
Flood	144	0	0	$25,000
Tornado	80	7	27	$18 million
Heat	38	1	74
Ice Storm	24	0	0
Heavy Snow	19	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	15	0	0
Dense Fog	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	11	0	0
Lightning	11	0	0	$120,000
Drought	11	0	0
Heavy Rain	10	0	0
Strong Wind	6	0	0	$15,000
High Wind	2	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.