Storm History: Wright County, Missouri
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wright 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
- 860
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $38 million
- Episodes
- 534
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 | 234 | 3 | 2 | $4.6 million |
| Tornado | 189 | 3 | 12 | $16 million |
| Hail | 187 | 0 | 4 | $1.7 million |
| Flood | 78 | 1 | 0 | $190,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 75 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 35 | 0 | 2 | $170,000 |
| Ice Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $285,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $869,000 |
| Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2001
- Tornado, December 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 12, 1990
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, March 17, 2008
- Tornado, July 5, 2015
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 1996
- Hail, April 3, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, March 12, 2006
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, April 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, March 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2008
- Hail, August 15, 2024
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 1980
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2018
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Hail, March 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2008
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2001
- Hail, May 6, 1998
- Hail, May 6, 1998
- Hail, March 26, 1995
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, September 26, 1959
- Tornado, April 30, 1970
- Tornado, April 13, 1974
- Tornado, February 21, 1976
- Tornado, July 4, 1995
- Tornado, January 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, December 30, 2010
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Tornado, May 26, 1973
- Tornado, March 7, 1975
- Tornado, December 2, 1982
- Tornado, May 12, 1990
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 25, 2026
- Tornado, June 13, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Flood, April 18, 2026
- Tornado, March 6, 2026
- Flood, March 4, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 9, 2025
- Hail, July 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Tornado, June 6, 2025
- Tornado, June 3, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2025
- Tornado, April 20, 2025
- Tornado, April 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Hail, March 30, 2025
- Hail, March 22, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 4, 2025
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2024
- Tornado, December 14, 2024
- Tornado, November 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2024
- Hail, August 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 2024
- Tornado, April 26, 2024
- Flood, March 25, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2024
- Ice Storm, January 21, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Hail, September 4, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2023
- Flood, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 15, 2023
- Tornado, April 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 23, 2023
- Flood, March 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 3, 2023
- Hail, February 15, 2023
- Flood, February 8, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2023
- Flood, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2022
- Hail, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Flood, May 20, 2022
- Hail, May 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2022
- Flood, May 3, 2022
- Flood, April 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2022
- Flood, March 21, 2022
- Flood, March 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Flood, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Flood, January 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, December 17, 2021
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, October 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Flood, May 9, 2021
- Tornado, April 28, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 20, 2021
- Tornado, March 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Flood, January 30, 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
- Flood, October 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2020
- Hail, March 27, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2020
- Flood, March 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2020
- Flood, February 24, 2020
- Flood, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Tornado, October 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2019
- Tornado, May 20, 2019
- Hail, May 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2019
- Tornado, April 30, 2019
- Flood, March 30, 2019
- Hail, March 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 6, 2019
- Flood, January 23, 2019
- Flood, January 12, 2019
- Ice Storm, January 11, 2019
- Flood, December 31, 2018
- Tornado, December 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2018
- Tornado, August 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2018
- Tornado, April 13, 2018
- Flood, March 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, January 21, 2018
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Tornado, May 26, 2017
- Tornado, May 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, April 25, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 21, 2017
- Tornado, April 4, 2017
- Tornado, March 25, 2017
- Tornado, March 9, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Hail, February 28, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2016
- Flood, May 16, 2016
- Tornado, April 26, 2016
- Hail, March 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 26, 2015
- Flood, December 13, 2015
- Flood, November 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, November 17, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2015
- Hail, July 14, 2015
- Tornado, July 5, 2015
- Tornado, July 1, 2015
- Hail, June 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2015
- Tornado, May 15, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2015
- Tornado, April 1, 2015
- Hail, March 24, 2015
- Tornado, March 24, 2015
- Flood, March 13, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2014
- Hail, May 15, 2014
- Hail, April 13, 2014
- Wildfire, March 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Flood, January 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 15, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2013
- Flood, March 17, 2013
- Flood, February 25, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 11, 2012
- Heat, June 1, 2012
- Flood, March 20, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2012
- Tornado, February 28, 2012
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2011
- Hail, June 26, 2011
- Hail, May 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 11, 2011
- Hail, April 23, 2011
- Hail, April 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2011
- Flood, March 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2011
- Hail, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wright CountyEvery warning in Wright 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.