Missouri

Storm History: Washington County, Missouri

373 episodes, 474 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
474
Deaths
7
Injuries
165
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
373

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
Hail15400$16,000
Tornado976100$58 million
Thunderstorm Wind6000$15,000
Flash Flood4200$10,000
Winter Storm3007$315,000
Heat28114
Excessive Heat24043
Drought1000
Heavy Snow700
Ice Storm500
High Wind300
Cold/Wind Chill300
Flood200
Winter Weather200
Sleet201
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Blizzard100

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.