Storm History: Knox County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Knox 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
- 282
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $996,000
- Episodes
- 243
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 | 64 | 0 | 0 | $11,000 |
| Tornado | 35 | 0 | 2 | $775,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $6,000 |
| Flash Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $202,000 |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
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.
- Hail, September 10, 1984
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Hail, September 2, 1993
- Hail, September 30, 1977
- Hail, May 30, 1974
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 1994
- Hail, August 10, 1976
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Flood, June 3, 2025
- High Wind, March 5, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 4, 2025
- Hail, June 13, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Tornado, August 4, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2018
- Hail, May 27, 2018
- Hail, December 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 14, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2016
- Tornado, July 7, 2016
- Heat, June 22, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 12, 2015
- Tornado, June 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Tornado, September 9, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2014
- Hail, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Heat, September 1, 2011
- Heat, August 31, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 31, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2010
- Hail, July 18, 2010
- Tornado, July 18, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 22, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2009
- Tornado, May 15, 2009
- Tornado, May 13, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2008
- Hail, August 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Strong Wind, May 11, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2007
- Tornado, August 8, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 4, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, July 29, 2006
- Heat, July 17, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2005
- Drought, October 1, 2005
- Drought, September 1, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Heat, July 20, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2005
- Hail, June 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 24, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2004
- Hail, August 17, 2004
- Hail, August 17, 2004
- Hail, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2003
- Heat, August 24, 2003
- Heat, August 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2003
- Hail, July 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2003
- Hail, July 28, 2002
- Heat, July 20, 2002
- Heat, July 8, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2002
- Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flood, May 7, 2002
- Hail, April 24, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2002
- Hail, September 20, 2001
- Heat, August 21, 2001
- Heat, August 7, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 29, 2001
- Heat, July 21, 2001
- Heat, July 17, 2001
- Heat, July 7, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2001
- Flood, May 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2001
- High Wind, March 13, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2000
- Hail, August 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2000
- Hail, May 8, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2000
- Hail, March 26, 2000
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2000
- Hail, July 26, 1999
- Heat, July 18, 1999
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Hail, April 8, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 1, 1999
- Winter Storm, December 21, 1998
- Flash Flood, October 5, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 4, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 1998
- Hail, May 12, 1998
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1998
- Winter Storm, January 12, 1998
- Winter Storm, December 24, 1997
- Winter Storm, December 9, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 18, 1997
- High Wind, April 30, 1997
- Winter Storm, April 10, 1997
- High Wind, April 5, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 15, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 8, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1996
- Hail, April 21, 1996
- Tornado, July 4, 1995
- Hail, May 24, 1994
- Hail, September 2, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 1993
- Hail, September 9, 1992
- Tornado, July 25, 1992
- Hail, July 15, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 1991
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, March 24, 1988
- Hail, August 20, 1987
- Hail, May 20, 1987
- Hail, September 22, 1986
- Hail, May 6, 1986
- Hail, September 10, 1984
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Tornado, June 20, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 22, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1979
- Hail, September 30, 1977
- Hail, August 10, 1976
- Hail, June 27, 1976
- Tornado, August 16, 1975
- Tornado, June 5, 1975
- Hail, May 30, 1974
- Tornado, April 13, 1974
- Tornado, June 16, 1973
- Tornado, May 13, 1970
- Tornado, August 18, 1967
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 1962
More
Tornadoes in Knox CountyEvery warning in Knox 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.