Severe Weather History


Missouri Funnel Cloud History: 217 Recorded Events

215

Recorded events

65

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$0

Property damage

Missouri funnel cloud history: 215 recorded events across 65 counties between 1996 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Missouri funnel cloud history by decade

Missouri funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
Missouri funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 111 reported funnel cloud events across Missouri. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most funnel cloud events in Missouri

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Stoddard County250$01996–2025
#2Butler County180$01996–2025
#3Cape Girardeau County140$02004–2019
#4Scott County120$01997–2021
#5New Madrid County110$01997–2025
#6Mississippi County70$02000–2025
#7Carter County60$02009–2025
#8Bollinger County60$02000–2017
#9Perry County50$01997–2024
#10Morgan County50$02009–2025
#11Phelps County50$02009–2011
#12Sullivan County50$02010–2014
#13Wayne County50$02000–2023
#14Barry County40$02004–2017
#15Jackson County40$02010–2011
#16Barton County40$02008–2013
#17Webster County40$02007–2011
#18Ripley County30$02006–2014
#19Lafayette County30$02011–2011
#20Lawrence County30$02004–2014
#21Newton County30$02005–2017
#22Jasper County30$02011–2015
#23Polk County30$02007–2014
#24Clark County30$02000–2003
#25Daviess County20$02013–2014
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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