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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Nevada, MO

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Nevada, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 73 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
73

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

12 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Nevada

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s12
  • 2000s22(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s9(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s8
  • 1950s15(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Nevada, Missouri
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 4, 2003F420 mi33 mi4 / 30
May 4, 2003F317 mi86 mi5 / 47
Mar 15, 1982F36 mi70 mi2 / 8
May 4, 1999F325 mi3 mi0 / 1
May 17, 1995F3in town14 mi0 / 9
Nov 17, 1958F31 mi30.2 mi0 / 1
Mar 12, 2006F213 mi38 mi1 / 7
Apr 27, 2014EF221 mi16.13 mi0 / 0
Apr 27, 2014EF221 mi8.5 mi0 / 0
May 26, 2004F224 mi12 mi0 / 1
Apr 3, 1963F219 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 1958F220 mi2.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 73, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Nevada while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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