Missouri

Storm History: Clark County, Missouri

375 episodes, 509 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clark 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
509
Deaths
3
Injuries
24
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
375

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
Hail12500$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind6900$5.3 million
Flash Flood6800$1.7 million
Tornado47224$3.7 million
Winter Weather4600$3,000
Winter Storm4500
Flood4110$4.6 million
Drought1300$7.6 million
Ice Storm1000$15,000
Heavy Snow800
Dense Fog800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Frost/Freeze500$2.1 million
Blizzard400
High Wind300$5,000
Heat300
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100$1,000
Lightning100$2,000
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100

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 Clark County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clark CountyEvery warning in Clark 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.