Missouri

Storm History: Scott County, Missouri

876 episodes, 963 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Scott 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
963
Deaths
11
Injuries
123
Damage
$105 million
Episodes
876

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 Fog12000
Tornado1171077$54 million
Hail10601$983,000
Strong Wind9513$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind9101$1.2 million
Flood6100$5.6 million
Heat58032
Frost/Freeze4800$3.0 million
Winter Weather4304
Flash Flood4100$2.4 million
Drought4000$2.0 million
Excessive Heat3800
Winter Storm3502$22 million
Heavy Snow1903
Cold/Wind Chill1200
High Wind900$13 million
Ice Storm700$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Rain600
Funnel Cloud500
Freezing Fog300
Lightning200$80,000
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 Scott County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Scott CountyEvery warning in Scott 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.