Missouri

Storm History: Barry County, Missouri

667 episodes, 1,167 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Barry County, Missouri: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,167
Deaths
6
Injuries
58
Damage
$165 million
Episodes
667

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado361446$127 million
Flash Flood30611$9.3 million
Hail25600$640,000
Thunderstorm Wind7604$1.3 million
Flood3800$352,000
Winter Storm3703$200,000
Drought3600$20 million
Ice Storm1100$4.2 million
Heat900
Winter Weather912
High Wind700$25,000
Heavy Snow600$15,000
Wildfire402$8,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400$50,000
Frost/Freeze300$1.3 million
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Blizzard100
Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Barry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Barry CountyEvery warning in Barry County since 1986Every county in Missouri

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.