Storm History: Phelps County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Phelps 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
- 678
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 19
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 439
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 171 | 0 | 1 | $5.5 million |
| Tornado | 166 | 2 | 11 | $15 million |
| Hail | 162 | 0 | 0 | $189,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 52 | 0 | 0 | $283,000 |
| Winter Storm | 30 | 0 | 4 | $375,000 |
| Drought | 23 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $149,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $5.1 million |
| Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5.4 million |
| Blizzard | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, June 1, 1999
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, May 12, 1978
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Tornado, September 22, 2006
- Tornado, December 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 24, 1993
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Tornado, June 4, 1973
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Tornado, June 1, 1999
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2008
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, September 13, 1965
- Hail, May 8, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2008
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Hail, March 26, 1995
- Hail, October 4, 1983
- Hail, February 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, May 21, 1957
- Tornado, November 29, 1991
- Tornado, December 30, 2010
- Tornado, December 8, 1966
- Tornado, February 21, 1976
- Tornado, November 15, 1988
- Tornado, June 1, 1999
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, November 15, 1960
- Tornado, May 11, 1966
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 25, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, April 26, 2026
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Flood, March 4, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Wildfire, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 4, 2025
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Heavy Rain, July 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Hail, April 18, 2024
- Tornado, April 1, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 8, 2023
- Tornado, April 15, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Hail, March 31, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 3, 2023
- Hail, February 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Wildfire, October 21, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2022
- Hail, August 3, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Flood, May 20, 2022
- Tornado, May 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2021
- Hail, July 31, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, April 28, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2021
- Hail, March 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2020
- Flood, November 21, 2020
- Hail, November 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Hail, May 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Hail, March 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 14, 2018
- Flood, June 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2018
- Hail, April 1, 2018
- Flood, March 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, April 25, 2017
- Tornado, April 4, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2016
- Hail, July 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Hail, March 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2015
- Tornado, July 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- High Wind, February 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2013
- Hail, July 3, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2013
- Flood, March 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 5, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 16, 2012
- Hail, August 4, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Hail, January 16, 2012
- Hail, August 18, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, May 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Tornado, April 10, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Tornado, December 30, 2010
- Hail, October 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2010
- Flood, May 20, 2010
- Tornado, May 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Flood, April 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, March 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 29, 2009
- Tornado, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, June 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Hail, March 8, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2009
- Hail, February 26, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2009
- Tornado, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2008
- Tornado, September 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 2008
- Tornado, March 31, 2008
- Tornado, March 27, 2008
- Hail, March 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2008
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2007
- Tornado, August 24, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2007
- Hail, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 12, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2006
- Tornado, September 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 1, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
- Hail, March 11, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Phelps CountyEvery warning in Phelps 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.