Missouri

Storm History: Howell County, Missouri

667 episodes, 1,070 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Howell 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
1,070
Deaths
12
Injuries
84
Damage
$137 million
Episodes
667

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 Flood30463$64 million
Tornado266474$58 million
Hail22200$838,000
Thunderstorm Wind11300$597,000
Flood6100$2.1 million
Winter Storm3507$255,000
Drought2300$2.2 million
Ice Storm1000$105,000
Heat900
Winter Weather800
Wildfire300$39,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning210$8,000
Heavy Snow200
Frost/Freeze200$8.8 million
High Wind200$35,000
Heavy Rain200
Blizzard100
Excessive Heat110
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 Howell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Howell CountyEvery warning in Howell 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.