Missouri

Storm History: Madison County, Missouri

253 episodes, 285 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
285
Deaths
2
Injuries
10
Damage
$7.6 million
Episodes
253

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
Hail5400$216,000
Tornado5306$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind3900$85,000
Flash Flood3110$6.2 million
Heat2704
Winter Storm2600
Excessive Heat2200
Heavy Snow700
Drought600
Sleet400
Ice Storm300
Flood310
High Wind200
Cold/Wind Chill200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100
Winter Weather100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Blizzard100

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.