Missouri

Storm History: Mississippi County, Missouri

680 episodes, 715 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi 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
715
Deaths
6
Injuries
58
Damage
$272 million
Episodes
680

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
Dense Fog103514
Strong Wind7000$100,000
Tornado69135$28 million
Hail6000$322,000
Heat5700
Thunderstorm Wind5604$1.4 million
Drought4300$2.0 million
Frost/Freeze4100$3.0 million
Winter Weather3802
Excessive Heat3600
Flood3400$260,000
Winter Storm2901$21 million
Flash Flood2402$207 million
Heavy Snow1400
Cold/Wind Chill900
High Wind800$8.9 million
Ice Storm600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Freezing Fog400
Heavy Rain300
Lightning200$90,000
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Devil100
Wildfire100$1,000

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 Mississippi County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mississippi CountyEvery warning in Mississippi 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.