Missouri

Storm History: Christian County, Missouri

620 episodes, 1,110 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Christian 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
1,110
Deaths
4
Injuries
27
Damage
$160 million
Episodes
620

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
Tornado330116$140 million
Flash Flood27710$8.7 million
Hail25300$535,000
Thunderstorm Wind10402$3.1 million
Winter Storm3502$180,000
Drought3100$3.1 million
Flood2300$160,000
Ice Storm1000$500,000
Heat910
Winter Weather917
High Wind600$25,000
Heavy Snow500$35,000
Wildfire500$36,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400$25,000
Lightning300$295,000
Frost/Freeze300$3.0 million
Funnel Cloud100
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 Christian County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Christian CountyEvery warning in Christian 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.