Missouri

Storm History: Osage County, Missouri

292 episodes, 346 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Osage 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
346
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$4.0 million
Episodes
292

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
Hail9600$28,000
Tornado5804$3.8 million
Flash Flood3900
Winter Storm3000
Heat2800
Thunderstorm Wind2600$10,000
Excessive Heat2400
Flood800$30,000
Heavy Snow700
Drought700
Ice Storm400$102,000
High Wind300
Winter Weather300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet210
Strong Wind200$3,000
Blizzard200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Osage County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Osage CountyEvery warning in Osage 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.