Missouri

Storms in Missouri in 2008

3,023 events in 303 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2008, 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 2008 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
3,023
Deaths
35
Injuries
405
Damage
$341 million
Episodes
303

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail904035$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind67101$573,000
Flash Flood46593$63 million
Flood26710$75 million
Tornado10821246$109 million
Ice Storm9402
Winter Storm8320$9.2 million
Winter Weather76039
Strong Wind5900$120,000
High Wind5201$83 million
Frost/Freeze4600$220,000
Dense Fog4401
Heavy Snow4300
Heavy Rain2900$20,000
Heat2800
Sleet2527
Lightning1800$315,000
Funnel Cloud600
Excessive Heat3068
Tropical Storm202$300,000

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.