Missouri

Storm History: Ozark County, Missouri

548 episodes, 820 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ozark 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
820
Deaths
7
Injuries
11
Damage
$52 million
Episodes
548

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
Flash Flood24610$9.2 million
Tornado165311$40 million
Hail15300$563,000
Thunderstorm Wind8810$434,000
Flood7500$10,000
Winter Storm3300$125,000
Drought2100$811,000
Heat920
Ice Storm700
Wildfire600$500,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain300
Winter Weather300
Heavy Snow200$100,000
Frost/Freeze200$40,000
Lightning100$70,000
High Wind100
Blizzard100
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Ozark County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ozark CountyEvery warning in Ozark 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.