Missouri

Storms in Missouri in 2009

1,925 events in 251 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,925
Deaths
21
Injuries
152
Damage
$349 million
Episodes
251

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
Thunderstorm Wind50300$355,000
Hail47902$403,000
Flash Flood34962$1.5 million
Winter Storm9440$120 million
Flood8531$322,000
Strong Wind7900$97,000
Tornado50617$175 million
Heavy Rain3700
Dense Fog3300
Blizzard3200
Excessive Heat292123
Frost/Freeze2700
Heat2307$30,000
High Wind1600$91,000
Winter Weather1500
Heavy Snow1400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Freezing Fog1300
Ice Storm1200$50 million
Funnel Cloud1100
Lightning1100$10,000

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.