Missouri

Storm History: Douglas County, Missouri

588 episodes, 1,076 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
1,076
Deaths
5
Injuries
355
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
588

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
Flash Flood32530$6.2 million
Tornado28712$28 million
Hail15600$456,000
Flood12300$297,000
Thunderstorm Wind7900$166,000
Winter Storm3700$130,000
Drought250350$1.1 million
Ice Storm1200$147,000
Heat900
Winter Weather613
Heavy Snow400$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Frost/Freeze200$67,000
Wildfire200$2,000
Lightning100$10,000
Heavy Rain100
Blizzard100
High Wind100$25,000
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 Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.