Storm History: Lawrence County, Missouri

Events

897

Deaths

14

Injuries

77

Damage

$205 million

Episodes

598

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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• Tornado, May 4, 20035 deaths · 33 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 17, 20022 deaths · 17 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 20061 death · 1 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 26, 20151 death · $1.5 million · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 1, 20181 death · $270,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 17, 20081 death · $100,000 · 2 events here
• Heat, August 27, 20001 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 12, 20051 death · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 20131 death · EF1 · 7 events here

• Tornado, April 27, 2026$120 million · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 4, 20035 deaths · 33 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$8.6 million · 1 event here
• Hail, November 18, 2003$6.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 2022$5.1 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 20061 death · 1 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 12, 2007$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2009$3.0 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 30, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2007$2.5 million · EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 2025$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007$1.9 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 26, 20151 death · $1.5 million · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 1996$1.0 million · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 23, 2001$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2000$900,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 2017$800,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 2025$795,000 · EF1 · 10 events here
• Drought, November 1, 2024$760,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 2026$760,000 · EF0 · 8 events here

• Hail, March 27, 20204.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 3, 20202.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 2018$2,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 22, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 18, 2011$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20082.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, November 18, 2003$6.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 11, 19922.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 4, 19852.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 19852.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 4, 19832.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 19742.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 4, 2014$11,000 · 2.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, April 13, 2012$25,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20062.5 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 22, 2011$300,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2008EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 4, 20035 deaths · 33 injured · $28 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 20061 death · 1 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 1970F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1971$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 26, 19762 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 29, 1983F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 1983F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 1995F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 7, 2008$575,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2009$3.0 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 2019EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF3 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Lawrence County, with its track

• Tornado, June 13, 2026$6,000 · EF1 · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2026EF1 · 3 events here
• Flood, May 30, 2026$1,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 2026$120 million · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 2026$760,000 · EF0 · 8 events here
• Tornado, April 23, 2026$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 14, 2026$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 23, 20261 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20261 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 2025$3,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 2025$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 18, 2025$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, September 9, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 2025$5,000 · 69 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 2025$5,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20253 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2025$2,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 2025$795,000 · EF1 · 10 events here
• Tornado, April 20, 2025$20,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 4, 2025$15,000 · 1.25 in hail · 12 events here
• Wildfire, March 19, 2025$19,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2025$26,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 4, 2025$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 9, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, January 4, 20251 event here
• Drought, November 1, 2024$760,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, September 17, 20241 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2024$130,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, April 25, 20242 events here
• Tornado, April 1, 2024$60,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, January 21, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20242 events here
• Hail, September 4, 2023$20,000 · 57 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20231 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 30, 2023$100,000 · 1.25 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202352 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 9, 2023$40,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 2023EF2 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 23, 20231.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, March 8, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, March 3, 20231 event here
• Tornado, February 27, 2023$50,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20231 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 29, 20232 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 12, 20231 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 202216 injured · 3 events here
• Drought, December 1, 2022$5.1 million · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 20221.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2022$500 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 20, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 2022$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, May 4, 202250 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 10, 20221.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 10, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, October 22, 20213 events here
• Hail, September 20, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20211 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2021EF1 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 20213 injured · $250,000 · 3 events here
• Flood, May 9, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 20, 20211 event here
• Tornado, March 17, 2021EF1 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, March 11, 20210.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 2021$25,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 2021$25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 31, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, December 13, 20201 event here
• Hail, November 14, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 25, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20201 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 2020$200,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, May 12, 20202 events here
• Hail, May 3, 20202.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 2020$150,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 25, 20201 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 27, 20204.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 24, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, March 19, 202050 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 20202.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20201 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 20, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 10, 20191.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, August 26, 2019$49,000 · 1.25 in hail · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 2019EF3 · 5 events here
• Hail, May 18, 20191.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2019$158,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Ice Storm, February 6, 2019$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, January 12, 20191 event here
• Tornado, December 1, 20181 death · $270,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 19, 2018$75,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2018$4,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 2018$2,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 6, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, February 20, 20184 events here
• Tornado, January 21, 2018$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 21, 2017$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2017EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 2017$60,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2017$2,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 3, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 2017$800,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 2017$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 16, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 2017$11,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Hail, March 21, 20171.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 9, 2017$52,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$1,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 1, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 13, 20171 event here
• Wildfire, January 11, 2017$150,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 25, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 16, 20161 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 2016$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, December 26, 20151 death · $1.5 million · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, November 27, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, November 17, 20154 events here
• Hail, August 17, 2015$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 201587 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 2015$200,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 20151 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 15, 2015$125,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Flood, April 17, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 2015EF2 · 5 events here
• Hail, March 24, 20151.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 24, 2015EF0 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 23, 201452 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 9, 2014$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 17, 2014$6,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, September 1, 2014$50,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 10, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, June 4, 2014$11,000 · 2.5 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, April 1, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 27, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, December 20, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 5, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 2013$2,000 · 55 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 201352 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 20, 2013EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 20131 death · EF1 · 7 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2013EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 10, 20131.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20131.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Tornado, October 12, 2012EF0 · 3 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 7, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 16, 2012$110,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Wildfire, August 4, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 4, 2012$53,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$8.6 million · 1 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20121 event here
• Wildfire, July 17, 20122 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20121 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, June 1, 20121 event here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 1, 201252 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 13, 2012$25,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2012EF2 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20111 event here
• Hail, October 12, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20111 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2011$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 18, 2011$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 2011$30,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20111 event here
• Hail, June 14, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2011$300,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 22, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 22, 2011$250,000 · 3 events here
• Hail, March 13, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$15,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 24, 2010EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 15, 2010$4,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 2010$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2010$40,000 · 2 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, May 20, 20100.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 15, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, March 20, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 20091 event here
• Hail, October 1, 2009$15,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2009$40,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 19, 20093 events here
• Hail, June 30, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 2009EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 8, 200970 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2009$3.0 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 1, 20092 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 5, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 26, 20091 event here
• Tornado, December 27, 2008EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 5, 2008$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20082.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, June 6, 200865 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 200850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2008EF4 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 7, 20080.75 in hail · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Lawrence CountyEvery warning in Lawrence County since 1986Every county in Missouri

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.