Storm History: Howard County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Howard 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
- 374
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $3.1 million
- Episodes
- 295
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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Flood | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 65 | 0 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 51 | 0 | 0 | $611,000 |
| Drought | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $278,000 |
| Heat | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, April 13, 1981
- Tornado, May 18, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2019
- Tornado, September 27, 1959
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2000
- Hail, April 13, 1993
- Hail, April 18, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 1993
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2001
- Tornado, June 25, 1994
- Tornado, June 8, 1995
- Hail, September 30, 1995
- Hail, August 18, 2006
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Tornado, July 8, 1995
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 24, 1982
- Tornado, May 1, 1983
- Tornado, April 29, 1984
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, June 10, 1958
- Tornado, September 27, 1959
- Tornado, July 22, 1961
- Tornado, April 29, 1963
- Tornado, May 23, 1966
- Tornado, June 25, 1994
- Tornado, March 27, 2014
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
Every episode, newest first
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Hail, September 18, 2025
- Hail, July 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Blizzard, January 4, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Wildfire, February 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 2, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 19, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 26, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2019
- Tornado, May 22, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Drought, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Tornado, June 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Hail, April 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2014
- Tornado, March 27, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2013
- Hail, May 15, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 16, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2012
- Hail, January 22, 2012
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2011
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2010
- Hail, April 4, 2010
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Hail, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, May 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 2008
- Flood, March 17, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2008
- Flood, February 5, 2008
- Hail, January 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2007
- Flood, April 25, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Flood, March 30, 2007
- Flood, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2006
- Heavy Snow, November 30, 2006
- Flood, November 30, 2006
- Hail, August 18, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2006
- Hail, June 10, 2006
- Hail, April 18, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2005
- Heat, July 21, 2005
- Flood, June 13, 2005
- Hail, June 10, 2005
- Hail, June 8, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2005
- Hail, May 12, 2005
- Hail, May 11, 2005
- Flood, February 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, January 4, 2005
- Flood, January 4, 2005
- Flood, January 3, 2005
- Flood, November 27, 2004
- Flood, November 1, 2004
- Flood, August 28, 2004
- Flood, August 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2004
- Flood, July 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flood, May 19, 2004
- Flood, March 26, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 26, 2004
- Flood, March 26, 2004
- Flood, March 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flood, December 10, 2003
- Flood, September 1, 2003
- Heat, July 4, 2003
- Tornado, June 12, 2003
- Flood, June 12, 2003
- Flood, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 8, 2003
- Flood, May 8, 2003
- Hail, April 28, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2002
- Flood, June 12, 2002
- Flood, May 11, 2002
- Tornado, May 8, 2002
- Flood, May 6, 2002
- Flood, April 21, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Tornado, September 20, 2001
- Heat, August 9, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 17, 2001
- Heat, July 6, 2001
- Flood, June 20, 2001
- Flood, June 3, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2001
- Flood, April 10, 2001
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Flood, March 13, 2001
- Flood, February 24, 2001
- Flood, February 9, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2001
- Flood, January 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 6, 2000
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, August 28, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2000
- Hail, June 25, 2000
- Tornado, May 26, 2000
- Hail, May 8, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Hail, March 26, 2000
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Flood, July 1, 1999
- Flood, June 27, 1999
- Flood, June 8, 1999
- Flood, May 23, 1999
- Flood, May 16, 1999
- Flood, May 4, 1999
- Flood, May 1, 1999
- Flood, April 26, 1999
- Flood, April 22, 1999
- Flood, April 20, 1999
- Flood, April 14, 1999
- Flood, March 8, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 1999
- Flood, February 7, 1999
- Flood, January 22, 1999
- Flood, November 1, 1998
- Flood, October 17, 1998
- Flood, October 1, 1998
- Flood, July 4, 1998
- Hail, June 28, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Flood, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 19, 1998
- Flood, June 14, 1998
- Hail, June 10, 1998
- Flood, June 10, 1998
- Hail, June 8, 1998
- Flood, April 8, 1998
- Flood, April 1, 1998
- Flood, March 28, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Heavy Rain, February 20, 1998
- Ice Storm, January 11, 1998
- Flood, May 1, 1997
- Hail, April 18, 1997
- Flood, April 11, 1997
- Flood, April 5, 1997
- Flood, February 26, 1997
- Flood, February 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 10, 1997
- Flood, July 21, 1996
- Flood, June 25, 1996
- Flood, June 18, 1996
- Hail, June 12, 1996
- Hail, June 2, 1996
- Flood, June 1, 1996
- Flood, May 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 1996
- Flood, May 25, 1996
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Howard CountyEvery warning in Howard 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.