Funnel Cloud in Missouri
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Missouri, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Missouri.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 218
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, December 30 to 31, 2010Between the evening of the 30th and the morning of the 31st, two separate lines of thunderstorms produced significant severe weather across southwest Missouri including damaging wind, large hail, and deadly tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, February 28 to 29, 2012A strong system moved across the Midwest and brought a round of severe storms to the Ozarks late on the 28th and early on the 29th of February.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 16, 2025A 500mb shortwave trough moved across the Upper Midwest with height falls across the Quad State during the afternoon and evening of the 16th. The exit region of a strong (125kt) upper level jet was positioned across the area as well.
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, February 28, 2017Isolated supercell thunderstorms developed across southeast Missouri during the evening hours. The storms developed ahead of a cold front in a destabilizing air mass characterized by dew points in the lower to mid 60's.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 25, 2011A very warm and moist airmass had advected northwest into the area, during the morning hours of May 25, 2011, with the development of an intensifying warm front, near the Highway 50 corridor.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 25, 2011Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms occurred in the warm sector of a low pressure system over central Missouri. The air mass in the warm sector was very unstable, with afternoon mixed-layer cape values in the 2500 to 4000 j/kg range.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 1 to 3, 2015A cold front and associated upper level trough moved through the Missouri Ozarks region. Severe storms with some supercells developed and moved through the Missouri Ozarks with damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes were reported.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 1 to 4, 2015A slow moving front caused multiple rounds of thunderstorms which led to severe weather and flash flooding across the Missouri Ozarks.
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Missouri, April 4 to 5, 2017A strong storm system and cold front produced supercells across the Missouri Ozark with damaging winds and large hail. The were a couple damaging tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 24, 2004A warm front extending across southeast Missouri was the focus for tornadic thunderstorms. The storms developed during the warmth of the afternoon and produced a few tornadoes, isolated dime size hail, and several reports of flash flooding.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 9, 2017Severe thunderstorms producing numerous reports large hail along with scattered wind damage and a couple of tornadoes impacted Missouri Ozarks and southeastern Kansas Thursday, March 9, 2017.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Missouri, March 9, 2017A cluster of severe thunderstorms over south central Missouri organized into a bowing line of storms as it tracked eastward during the evening.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, January 29, 2013A line of thunderstorms intensified as it moved east across southeast Missouri. The storms increased as they moved into slightly more unstable air associated with a strengthening low level jet. The storms were aided by the approach of a strong upper level trough.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 10, 2021Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours. Some of the largest clusters were associated with sporadic gusty winds in the 40 to 60 mph range. By early evening, a few tornadic circulations were observed as storms intensified.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 3, 2011April 3, 2011, was an abnormally warm day, with high temperatues in the 80s and 90s. Record high temperatures were broken in several locations.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Missouri, May 19 to 20, 2013A strong negatively titled upper level trough developed over the central portions of the country. A slow moving cold front moved into the Missouri Ozarks.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 24 to 25, 2011A powerful upper level low pressure system moved across the Ozarks causing numerous strong to severe storms to develop with several supercells as well.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 15 to 16, 2009Numerous thunderstorms developed over southwest Missouri during a 24 hour time period from 15 June to 16 June, 2009. This episode of hazardous weather was primarily a flash flood concern during the early morning of 15 June.
- Tornadoes in Missouri, December 31, 2010A pre-frontal line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front over western Missouri. The broken line of storms extended southwestward across southeast Missouri. Isolated bowing segments and supercells were embedded within portions of the line.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2014Thunderstorms intensified within a zone of strong southerly low level winds that provided abundant warmth and moisture. These strong low level winds enhanced wind shear, which promoted the development of supercells with isolated tornadoes.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 11 to 13, 2011An upper level low over western Kansas combined with a cold front moved into the region and produced severe thunderstorms. Numerous severe storms and a few supercells produced very large hail and high wind gusts as the front moved through the region.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 1, 2014A cold front moving into the area produced severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, November 27 to 28, 2005Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a couple of trees in the town of Golden City.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 3, 2020Numerous reports of wind damage and an isolated tornado accompanied a squall line of thunderstorms that moved rapidly east-southeast. The wind damage was mainly along and south of a line from Van Buren to Greenville to Sikeston.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 25 to 27, 2011A surface low pressure center developed northeastward from south central Oklahoma to southwest Missouri. A gradual increase in the warm sector southerly low level jet occurred as the surface low deepened.
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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.