Storm History: Wayne County, Missouri

Events

850

Deaths

6

Injuries

61

Damage

$59 million

Episodes

769

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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• Tornado, March 14, 20256 deaths · 1 injured · $8.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here

• Flash Flood, May 1, 2011$21 million · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 18, 2008$9.2 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 20256 deaths · 1 injured · $8.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Wildfire, March 14, 2025$5.0 million · 53 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, September 14, 2008$3.0 million · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1989$2.5 million · F1 · 4 events here
• Flood, May 1, 2017$1.4 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 2008$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 2009$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, April 24, 2011$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2017$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 20112 injured · $585,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, November 15, 2005$500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011$270,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, December 2, 19828 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 12, 2002$250,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 1996$200,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2023$200,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 2012$150,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999$115,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, March 13, 2006$10,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 1, 19933 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 30, 19982.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 19932.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 20, 20072.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 8, 20202.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20231.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 9, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 20091.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, February 16, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 12, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 29, 20031.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 14, 20031.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20021.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 20021.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 21, 1957$3,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 1982F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017$15,000 · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 20256 deaths · 1 injured · $8.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 196426 injured · $50,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 1984F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 20112 injured · $585,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Tornado, February 29, 2012$1,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$1,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$25,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025$5,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, December 2, 19828 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 9, 1984$28,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 17, 1990F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1993F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Wayne County, with its track

• Hail, April 27, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 27, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 10, 20261 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, January 21, 20261 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, November 23, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 20, 20251 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 2, 20251 event here
• Drought, September 9, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 14, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025$2,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20251 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20250.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025$5,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, May 12, 20251 event here
• Tornado, March 30, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• High Wind, March 19, 2025$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 14, 2025$5.0 million · 53 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 20256 deaths · 1 injured · $8.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, January 30, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, January 5, 2025$20,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, December 28, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, November 15, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, November 9, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, November 4, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 16, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 15, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 14, 20241 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024$6,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2024$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 3, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 25, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2024$1,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$25,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, May 18, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, April 29, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, April 23, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 22, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 6, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, March 25, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 2, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, February 27, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, January 24, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, January 24, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 30, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 20231 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20232 events here
• Hail, July 17, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20231 event here
• Heat, June 25, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, May 16, 2023$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20231.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 8, 2023$50,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, April 20, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 5, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2023$200,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 1, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 31, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 24, 20232 events here
• Flash Flood, March 3, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 27, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 2023$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20222 events here
• Dense Fog, December 9, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, December 6, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, November 25, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, November 12, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 18, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Heat, August 3, 20221 event here
• Heat, August 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2022$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 26, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 22, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20221 event here
• Drought, July 11, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2022$11,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 12, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, June 6, 20221 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 5, 20221 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2022EF0 · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 19, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, April 10, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 30, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 30, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 2022$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 17, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, February 17, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 15, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, December 26, 20211 event here
• Flood, December 18, 20211 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 4, 20211 event here
• Tornado, October 24, 2021$20,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 23, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, August 9, 20211 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 30, 20211 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, May 9, 2021$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 6, 20210.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 21, 20211 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20211 event here
• Flood, March 11, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 10, 2021$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 17, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 27, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 1, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, December 27, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 14, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 1, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 5, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, September 12, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, August 22, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 10, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2020$20,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20201 event here
• Heat, July 15, 20201 event here
• Strong Wind, June 9, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 9, 20201 event here
• Tornado, May 3, 2020$35,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2020$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 25, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20201 event here
• Strong Wind, April 13, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 8, 20202.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 19, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, March 18, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, March 12, 20201 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2020EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$36,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Dense Fog, December 13, 20191 event here
• Flood, December 1, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, November 30, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, November 26, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 11, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 21, 2019$3,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 12, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 12, 20191 event here
• Dense Fog, August 8, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Heat, July 10, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 21, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2019$4,000 · 87 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 2, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 25, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, April 11, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 13, 2019$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 9, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, February 24, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, February 7, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 5, 20191 event here
• Dense Fog, February 2, 20191 event here
• Flood, January 23, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 11, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2018$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, November 30, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, November 25, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 14, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 21, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, September 27, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 10, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20182 events here
• Heat, June 29, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 2018$3,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 2018$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, May 4, 20181 event here
• Flood, April 14, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, April 12, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 7, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, April 3, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 29, 20181 event here
• Hail, March 16, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 24, 2018EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 21, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, February 20, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 17, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, February 15, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 6, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, January 27, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, January 22, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 11, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, January 9, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, December 13, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, December 5, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, November 18, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, November 4, 20171 event here
• Hail, November 2, 20170.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, September 14, 20171 event here
• Heat, August 21, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, August 15, 20171 event here
• Heat, July 26, 20171 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20171 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 20172 injured · $60,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, May 17, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, May 5, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2017$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2017$1.4 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 29, 20172 events here

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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.