Missouri

Storm History: Taney County, Missouri

503 episodes, 859 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Taney 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
859
Deaths
6
Injuries
59
Damage
$64 million
Episodes
503

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 Flood26424$31 million
Tornado193340$22 million
Hail19301$2.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind8104$739,000
Winter Storm3608
Drought3100$5.8 million
Flood1710$410,000
Heat900
Wildfire800$280,000
Winter Weather602
Ice Storm500$400,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow300$20,000
Lightning200$30,000
Frost/Freeze200$1.2 million
High Wind200$20,000
Funnel Cloud100
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 Taney County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Taney CountyEvery warning in Taney 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.