Storm History: DeKalb County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in DeKalb 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
- 363
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $2.0 million
- Episodes
- 255
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 120 | 0 | 2 | $868,000 |
| Tornado | 92 | 3 | 13 | $818,000 |
| Flash Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 1 | 1 | |
| Drought | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heat | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, May 29, 2004
- Tornado, April 10, 1965
- Hail, April 10, 1995
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, September 21, 1993
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 1997
- Tornado, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, June 25, 1994
- Tornado, May 18, 1971
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 13, 1974
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2021
- Tornado, June 7, 1995
- Tornado, July 25, 1995
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Hail, February 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 20, 1964
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 1993
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Hail, April 20, 2001
- Hail, September 11, 2000
- Hail, July 18, 1955
- Hail, May 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2004
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Hail, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Hail, June 17, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2022
- Tornado, June 11, 2022
- Hail, April 23, 2022
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Hail, September 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Tornado, June 24, 2021
- Tornado, May 20, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, April 11, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Hail, May 14, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, June 15, 2017
- Flood, April 1, 2017
- Freezing Fog, January 17, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Hail, March 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Tornado, July 6, 2015
- Tornado, June 11, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, September 9, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Tornado, March 27, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 27, 2013
- Hail, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, May 2, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, May 24, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Hail, February 28, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2011
- Flood, July 12, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2011
- Tornado, May 21, 2011
- Hail, May 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2010
- Hail, July 14, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Tornado, May 12, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Hail, July 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2009
- Hail, March 6, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Hail, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, November 12, 2007
- Hail, September 18, 2007
- Tornado, August 8, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Ice Storm, November 29, 2006
- Hail, August 25, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Tornado, April 15, 2006
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2005
- Heat, July 21, 2005
- Hail, May 11, 2005
- Hail, April 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Hail, September 17, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, May 29, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Heat, July 14, 2003
- Tornado, June 12, 2003
- Tornado, May 4, 2003
- Tornado, April 30, 2003
- Hail, April 28, 2003
- Hail, June 26, 2002
- Hail, June 18, 2002
- Tornado, May 8, 2002
- Hail, May 6, 2002
- Hail, March 7, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Tornado, September 20, 2001
- Hail, August 30, 2001
- Heat, August 9, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 17, 2001
- Heat, July 6, 2001
- Hail, July 3, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2001
- Hail, April 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 6, 2000
- Hail, September 22, 2000
- Hail, September 11, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 28, 2000
- Hail, June 25, 2000
- Hail, June 13, 2000
- Hail, June 1, 2000
- Hail, April 19, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Hail, March 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 5, 1999
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Hail, April 2, 1999
- Hail, June 12, 1998
- Hail, June 10, 1998
- Hail, May 23, 1998
- Ice Storm, January 4, 1998
- Ice Storm, December 21, 1997
- Hail, July 23, 1997
- Hail, May 18, 1997
- Heavy Snow, April 10, 1997
- Hail, March 24, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 21, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1996
- Hail, June 16, 1996
- Tornado, July 25, 1995
- Hail, July 23, 1995
- Tornado, June 7, 1995
- Hail, April 10, 1995
- Hail, April 8, 1995
- Hail, July 1, 1994
- Tornado, June 25, 1994
- Hail, April 14, 1994
- Hail, September 21, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 1986
- Tornado, May 26, 1985
- Tornado, May 28, 1982
- Hail, June 4, 1979
- Tornado, November 29, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 13, 1974
- Tornado, July 23, 1973
- Tornado, May 31, 1971
- Tornado, May 18, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 1970
- Hail, September 6, 1969
- Tornado, April 19, 1968
- Hail, May 10, 1967
- Tornado, March 22, 1966
- Hail, March 17, 1966
- Tornado, April 10, 1965
- Hail, March 17, 1965
- Tornado, August 20, 1964
- Hail, June 5, 1963
- Hail, May 19, 1962
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in DeKalb CountyEvery warning in DeKalb 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.