Lincoln County, Missouri
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 29113 · population 59,458 · 627 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 537 records for Lincoln County, Missouri from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 408 days; the most frequent are severe thunderstorm wind events (193 records). The deadliest single record is the July 24, 2017 heat, filed for the forecast zone Lincoln, which covers the county: 1 death and 1 injury. FEMA has issued 29 declarations naming the county since 1965, 27 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding” on September 1, 2021.
The record, 1950 to 2026
Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $100,000
- $100,000 or more
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more, or a death
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
- 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
- Storm records
- 537on 408 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 231 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $25Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 24strongest F3
- FEMA declarations
- 29latest 2021
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.
What hazards hit Lincoln County most?
The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 193 since 1956. The rank column places the county among Missouri's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 193 | 141 | 1956-2026 | 0 | 0 | $145K | 35 of 114 |
| Hail | 123 | 87 | 1963-2026 | 0 | 0 | $12K | 72 of 114 |
| Winter storms | 57 | 55 | 1996-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 59 of 114 |
| Floods | 56 | 54 | 2000-2025 | 0 | 0 | $18M | 61 of 114 |
| Heat | 56 | 56 | 1998-2025 | 2 | 22 | – | 28 of 114 |
| Tornadoes | 24 | 20 | 1953-2026 | 0 | 9 | $7.6M | 61 of 114 |
| Drought | 12 | 12 | 2005-2018 | 0 | 0 | – | 86 of 114 |
| High wind and dust storms | 8 | 8 | 1997-2025 | 0 | 0 | $10K | 32 of 114 |
| Extreme cold | 5 | 5 | 2000-2024 | 0 | 0 | – | 100 of 114 |
| Heavy rain | 2 | 2 | 2003-2005 | 0 | 0 | – | 65 of 114 |
| Lightning | 1 | 1 | 2000-2000 | 0 | 0 | – | 65 of 114 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.
How many tornadoes has Lincoln County had?
NOAA records 24 tornadoes in Lincoln County from 1953 to 2026, the strongest rated F3, with 0 deaths and 9 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.
Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 23 tornadoes whose track touched Lincoln County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 24: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-03-13 01:20, as SPC files it | Whiteside to AnnadaCrossed IL, MO | F3 | 44.5 mi | 0 |
| 1984-04-29 18:20, as SPC files it | Moscow Mills | F3 | 8 mi | 0 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Missouri.
Every tornado record filed for Lincoln County (24)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | South Troy, Lincoln County | EF1 3.72 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2024-11-04 | Ethlyn, Lincoln County | EF0 1.14 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2015-06-13 | Hawk Pt, Lincoln County | EF1 1.95 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2013-01-29 | Chain Of Rocks, Lincoln County | EF0 1.66 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010-04-23 | Silex, Lincoln County | EF0 0.14 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010-04-23 | Silex, Lincoln County | EF0 0.11 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010-04-23 | Hawk Pt, Lincoln County | EF0 0.21 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2008-12-27 | Davis, Lincoln County | EF1 1.12 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007-10-02 | Hawk Pt, Lincoln County | EF0 0.05 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2006-03-13 | Millwood, Lincoln County | F1 0.2 mi x 75 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2006-03-13 | Olney, Lincoln County | F3 24 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 6 | $3.7M |
| 2005-06-13 | Moscow Mills, Lincoln County | F0 0.2 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000-07-18 | Moscow Mills, Lincoln County | F0 0.1 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000-07-18 | Troy, Lincoln County | F0 0.1 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1999-02-11 | Whiteside, Lincoln County | F1 6 mi x 70 yd | 0 | 0 | $177K |
| 1984-04-29 | Lincoln County | F3 8 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1983-05-01 | Lincoln County | F1 0.3 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1973-03-13 | Lincoln County | F1 | 0 | 1 | $25K step |
| 1969-10-10 | Lincoln County | F2 2.7 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1962-06-24 | Lincoln County | F0 0.2 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1957-12-18 | Lincoln County | F1 0.3 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 1 | $25K step |
| 1955-05-27 | Lincoln County | F1 0.2 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1955-04-23 | Lincoln County | F1 7.9 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1953-03-14 | Lincoln County | F1 0.2 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 1 | $25K step |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.
When was the last damaging storm in Lincoln County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the March 11, 2026 thunderstorm wind ($15,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | HailHines, Lincoln County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-03 | HailTroy, Lincoln County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-03 | HailSouth Troy, Lincoln County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-03 | HailHawk Pt, Lincoln County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailSilex, Lincoln County | 1.50 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailWinfield, Lincoln County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | Thunderstorm WindArgentville, Lincoln County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-27 | HailMoscow Mills, Lincoln County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-17 | Thunderstorm WindSouth Troy, Lincoln County | 60 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-17 | Thunderstorm WindMoscow Mills, Lincoln County | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-17 | Thunderstorm WindEthlyn, Lincoln County | 70 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-04-17 | TornadoSouth Troy, Lincoln County | EF1 3.72 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.
The deadliest and costliest records
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-24 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln A 76 year old man died in his home from heat exhaustion. The power had been out for a couple of days due to thunderstorm damage. | 1 | 1 | – | |
| 2005-07-20 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln The first significant heat wave in several years struck all of central, eastern, northeast, and southeast Missouri. Columbia recorded 6 straight days of 100 plus temperatures with the highest being 105 degrees on the 23rd and 24th. St. Louis had 3 straight days of 100 degree temperatures with the highest being 103 ... | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2000-08-28 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln A late summer Heat Wave hit the region as temperatures rose into the middle to upper 90s with the heat Index ranging from 105 to around 110 degrees. Many area schools either closed or reduced class time to a half day because of the heat. | 0 | 7 | – | |
| 2006-03-13 | TornadoOlney, Lincoln County The tornado that formed in Montgomery County north of Bellflower moved into Lincoln County, strengthened, and caused extensive damage along Highway E on the north side of Olney. A home was completely destroyed as the tornado reached F3 intensity and was about 300 yards wide. The family at home escaped injury as they ... | F3 24 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 6 | $3.7M |
| 2001-08-21 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln The last heat wave of the "summer" hit the area for 2 days. High temperature ranged from the middle 90s to 100 with the Heat Index from 105 to 110. St. Louis hit 100 degrees for the 1st time this summer. | 0 | 4 | – | |
| 2000-09-01 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln A late summer Heat Wave continued from the last week in August into early September. High temperatures were in the middle 90s with the Heat Index ranging from 105 to around 110 degrees. | 0 | 3 | – | |
| 1999-07-18 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln A heat wave gripped the area for the last 2 weeks of July. Temperatures stayed in the middle to upper 90s with a few days topping 100. Columbia set a record high with 104 degrees on 7/29/99. St. Louis tied a record with 103 degrees on 7/30/99. The Heat Index generally ranged from 105 to near 115. Most of the deaths ... | 0 | 3 | – | |
| 2003-07-03 | HeatLincoln County · forecast zone Lincoln The first heat wave of the summer caused 3 deaths in the City of St. Louis. On Juuly 6, a 78 year old man was found dead in his brick home with a body temperature of 111 degrees and a 54 year old man was found dead outside Busch Memorial Stadium. A third man, 80 years old, died on July 9. Further details were not ... | 0 | 1 | – |
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-02 | Flash FloodWinfield, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $6.2M | |
| 2025-07-20 | Flash FloodApex, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $5.0M | |
| 2006-03-13 | TornadoOlney, Lincoln County | F3 24 mi x 300 yd | 0 | 6 | $3.7M |
| 2019-05-04 | FloodWinfield, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $2.3M | |
| 2008-06-04 | FloodDameron, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $2.2M | |
| 2008-06-19 | Flash FloodApex, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $685K | |
| 2008-06-27 | Flash FloodCap Au Gris, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $685K | |
| 2015-12-27 | FloodTruxton, Lincoln County | 0 | 0 | $299K |
Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $250K, in the dollars of the day) holds: October 10, 1969 (tornado, Lincoln County); April 29, 1984 (tornado, Lincoln County).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.
Is it getting more frequent?
Records per decade for Lincoln County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 54 | 42 | 25 |
| Hail | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 32 | 17 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 13 | 23 | 14 | 7 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 0 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
| Heat | – | – | – | – | 2 | 24 | 26 | 4 |
| Tornadoes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
Records by month in Lincoln County. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 36 · Feb 22 · Mar 33 · Apr 74 · May 82 · Jun 76 · Jul 86 · Aug 52 · Sep 16 · Oct 16 · Nov 19 · Dec 25 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Lincoln County
FEMA's register lists 29 declarations that include Lincoln County: 22 major disasters, 7 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (15) and flood (5).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-01 | DR-4612 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2020-03-26 | DR-4490 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3482 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2019-07-09 | DR-4451 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2016-01-21 | DR-4250 | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2016-01-02 | EM-3374 | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2015-08-07 | DR-4238 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2013-07-18 | DR-4130 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2011-02-03 | EM-3317 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2009-01-30 | EM-3303 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 2008-11-13 | DR-1809 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, and A Tornado |
| 2008-06-25 | DR-1773 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2008-03-19 | DR-1749 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2007-12-27 | DR-1736 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 2007-12-12 | EM-3281 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 2007-01-15 | DR-1676 | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms and Flooding |
| 2006-03-16 | DR-1631 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding |
| 2005-09-10 | EM-3232 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| 2003-05-06 | DR-1463 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2002-05-06 | DR-1412 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding |
| 1995-06-02 | DR-1054 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Hail, Flooding |
| 1994-04-21 | DR-1023 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding |
| 1993-07-09 | DR-995 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
| 1993-05-11 | DR-989 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
| 1982-12-10 | DR-672 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 1979-04-21 | DR-579 | Tornado | Tornadoes, Torrential Rain & Flooding |
| 1976-09-24 | EM-3017 | Drought | Drought |
| 1973-04-19 | DR-372 | Severe Storm | Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding |
| 1965-06-14 | DR-198 | Severe Storm | Flooding |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.
How many floods has Lincoln County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 56 flood or flash flood records for Lincoln County from 2000 to 2025, on 54 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Lincoln County ranks 172nd of 2,942 U.S. counties.
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $37.1 million on 2,253 claims filed in Lincoln County; the most in one year was 511 in 1993. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1979: 26 · 1982: 140 · 1983: 114 · 1984: 4 · 1985: 27 · 1986: 72 · 1990: 49 · 1991: 16 · 1992: 7 · 1993: 511 · 1994: 43 · 1995: 65 · 1996: 42 · 1997: 20 · 1998: 28 · 1999: 17 · 2000: 12 · 2001: 66 · 2002: 26 · 2003: 3 · 2004: 4 · 2005: 1 · 2007: 7 · 2008: 296 · 2009: 27 · 2010: 37 · 2011: 25 · 2013: 87 · 2014: 36 · 2015: 123 · 2016: 11 · 2017: 22 · 2018: 39 · 2019: 176 · 2020: 24 · 2021: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2024: 14 · 2025: 9 · 2026: 4; the other years: 0.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Lincoln County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Lincoln County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $31.7 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heat Wave | Relatively Moderate | $4.8M | 12 modeled event-days a year |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Moderate | $1.6M | 5.8 a year (modeled) |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | $937K | 5.2 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | $3.4M | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Moderate | $2.6M | 2.3 a year (modeled) |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | $434K | 50 a year (modeled) |
| Landslide | Relatively Low | $27K | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | $1.7M | once in about 282 years (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
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