Missouri

Storm History: New Madrid County, Missouri

723 episodes, 772 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in New Madrid 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
772
Deaths
10
Injuries
21
Damage
$168 million
Episodes
723

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 Fog9800
Tornado85211$36 million
Strong Wind7000$100,000
Hail6700$73,000
Thunderstorm Wind6104$981,000
Heat6120
Flood6000$19 million
Drought4300$2.0 million
Frost/Freeze4100$3.0 million
Excessive Heat3720
Winter Weather3501
Flash Flood3011$74 million
Winter Storm2831$22 million
Heavy Snow1903
Cold/Wind Chill900
High Wind800$11 million
Funnel Cloud600
Ice Storm500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Rain200
Freezing Fog100
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 New Madrid County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in New Madrid CountyEvery warning in New Madrid 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.