Missouri

Storm History: Moniteau County, Missouri

309 episodes, 372 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Moniteau 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
372
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
309

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
Hail9400$6,000
Tornado6700$26 million
Thunderstorm Wind4600$85,000
Flash Flood4200$356,000
Winter Storm2801$200,000
Heat2800
Excessive Heat2400
Heavy Snow700
Drought700
Flood600$10,000
Ice Storm600
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Blizzard300
High Wind200
Heavy Rain200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Lightning100$200,000
Frost/Freeze100
Strong Wind100$1,000

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Moniteau County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Moniteau CountyEvery warning in Moniteau 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.