Missouri

Storm History: Oregon County, Missouri

337 episodes, 436 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oregon 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
436
Deaths
0
Injuries
17
Damage
$25 million
Episodes
337

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
Hail10900$45,000
Flash Flood10400$6.6 million
Tornado68017$12 million
Thunderstorm Wind5500$211,000
Winter Storm3300$150,000
Drought2200$2.4 million
Flood1900$45,000
Heat900
Ice Storm500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Winter Weather300
Heavy Snow200
Frost/Freeze100$3.3 million
High Wind100$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Oregon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Oregon CountyEvery warning in Oregon 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.