Storm History: Jackson County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
- 1,806
- Deaths
- 116
- Injuries
- 216
- Damage
- $81 million
- Episodes
- 789
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 | 579 | 0 | 0 | $7.3 million |
| Tornado | 464 | 37 | 195 | $21 million |
| Flash Flood | 340 | 10 | 0 | $24 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 198 | 0 | 13 | $10 million |
| Flood | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 29 | 48 | 0 | |
| Drought | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 25 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $15 million |
| Heavy Snow | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 2 | 4 | $1.0 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 2 | $275,000 |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 1 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Flash Flood, October 4, 1998
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Heat, July 6, 2002
- Heat, July 16, 2006
- Heat, August 7, 2000
- Excessive Heat, August 6, 2007
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Heat, July 8, 1999
- Heat, September 1, 2000
- Heat, July 17, 2001
- Heat, August 17, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2007
- Heat, August 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 1999
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Heat, July 16, 1998
- Heat, August 6, 1999
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, October 4, 1998
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 1996
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 1993
- Tornado, April 12, 1964
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2007
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2010
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 1996
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2004
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 27, 1999
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 22, 1952
- Tornado, May 26, 1965
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, July 4, 1985
- Hail, May 26, 2017
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2016
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Hail, July 18, 1971
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2008
- Hail, June 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2004
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, June 22, 1969
- Tornado, April 21, 1973
- Tornado, April 24, 1975
- Tornado, May 4, 1977
- Tornado, April 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 4, 2003
- Tornado, April 15, 1960
- Tornado, April 16, 1960
- Tornado, April 12, 1964
- Tornado, June 26, 1969
- Tornado, May 5, 1971
- Tornado, May 1, 1973
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 18, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2026
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Hail, September 18, 2025
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2025
- Hail, July 16, 2025
- Tornado, July 11, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, April 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 30, 2024
- Hail, October 24, 2024
- Hail, August 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, April 27, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Hail, March 12, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Hail, October 11, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 23, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 9, 2023
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Wildfire, October 23, 2022
- Wildfire, October 21, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 19, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Hail, May 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2022
- Hail, April 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2022
- Hail, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Hail, December 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 2021
- Hail, September 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2021
- Hail, August 12, 2021
- Tornado, June 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2020
- Hail, August 31, 2020
- Hail, July 1, 2020
- Tornado, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Hail, March 26, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- Tornado, September 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2019
- Hail, July 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Flood, May 21, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2019
- Hail, April 17, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2018
- Drought, October 1, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 28, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Drought, August 1, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2018
- Lightning, July 5, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Flood, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 26, 2018
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Hail, October 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2017
- Hail, August 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2017
- Hail, July 22, 2017
- Tornado, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 26, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- High Wind, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 10, 2017
- Flood, April 29, 2017
- Hail, March 29, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Tornado, August 26, 2016
- Hail, August 24, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2016
- Hail, June 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Hail, March 23, 2016
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 6, 2015
- Tornado, July 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Heat, June 10, 2015
- Hail, June 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2014
- Tornado, June 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2014
- Hail, May 12, 2014
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 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, September 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Heat, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, May 2, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Hail, April 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 8, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2012
- Tornado, May 6, 2012
- Hail, February 28, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2012
- Hail, January 22, 2012
- Hail, September 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Hail, August 7, 2011
- Hail, July 28, 2011
- Flood, July 12, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, March 19, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2011
- Hail, March 4, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Hail, August 11, 2010
- Heat, August 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2010
- Hail, June 23, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- High Wind, June 8, 2010
- Tornado, June 8, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, May 12, 2010
- Hail, May 10, 2010
- Hail, May 2, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.