Storm History: Jefferson County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
- 805
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 19
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 556
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 | 277 | 0 | 0 | $128,000 |
| Tornado | 196 | 3 | 1 | $10 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 100 | 1 | 3 | $124,000 |
| Flash Flood | 70 | 4 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Heat | 33 | 1 | 9 | |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 4 | |
| Excessive Heat | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Tornado, April 22, 1981
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, April 26, 1994
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2000
- Tornado, May 12, 1978
- Tornado, December 2, 1982
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2022
- Tornado, April 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2000
- Hail, April 25, 1993
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Lightning, April 21, 1999
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 6, 1961
- Tornado, May 28, 1967
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 10, 1984
- Hail, June 21, 1977
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Hail, April 12, 1981
- Hail, May 25, 1989
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Hail, November 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Hail, June 28, 1980
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Hail, April 2, 2015
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Hail, May 8, 1988
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 22, 1981
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, November 29, 1991
- Tornado, October 24, 1967
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 7, 1980
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, July 4, 1995
- Tornado, March 11, 2006
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Tornado, October 24, 2021
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, December 18, 1957
- Tornado, May 16, 1960
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2025
- Tornado, June 7, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 4, 2025
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Tornado, April 18, 2024
- Hail, March 14, 2024
- Hail, March 13, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Hail, September 26, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Tornado, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, April 15, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Hail, February 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Hail, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Tornado, May 19, 2022
- Hail, April 11, 2022
- Sleet, February 24, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Tornado, October 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2021
- Hail, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2021
- Hail, April 7, 2021
- Hail, March 27, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2019
- Hail, October 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2019
- Tornado, March 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 15, 2018
- Hail, June 14, 2018
- Hail, June 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Drought, January 1, 2018
- Drought, December 1, 2017
- Drought, November 15, 2017
- Hail, November 5, 2017
- Hail, October 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2017
- Heat, July 9, 2017
- Flood, May 1, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2016
- Heat, June 22, 2016
- Heat, June 15, 2016
- Tornado, May 11, 2016
- Hail, April 30, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Hail, February 20, 2016
- Flood, January 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, July 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2015
- Tornado, April 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2015
- Hail, April 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2014
- Hail, September 5, 2014
- Excessive Heat, September 4, 2014
- Tornado, September 1, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2014
- Excessive Heat, July 26, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2014
- Tornado, April 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Heat, September 1, 2013
- Heat, August 31, 2013
- Hail, July 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Hail, June 22, 2013
- Tornado, May 31, 2013
- Tornado, April 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Hail, October 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 17, 2012
- Hail, September 25, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Hail, September 6, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Hail, August 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 31, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2012
- Hail, April 28, 2012
- Hail, March 14, 2012
- Heat, September 1, 2011
- Heat, August 31, 2011
- Heat, August 24, 2011
- Heat, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Heat, July 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2011
- Heat, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Tornado, June 18, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Tornado, December 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 25, 2010
- Hail, October 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Excessive Heat, June 18, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Hail, May 26, 2010
- Tornado, April 30, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, July 16, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Hail, June 8, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Hail, March 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2009
- Tornado, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2008
- Hail, September 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 2008
- Flood, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2008
- Hail, May 13, 2008
- Strong Wind, May 11, 2008
- Hail, April 22, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2008
- Sleet, February 21, 2008
- Sleet, February 11, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Hail, April 24, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2007
- Tornado, March 31, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Tornado, September 22, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Tornado, September 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2006
- Hail, August 7, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.