NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Gower, MO
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Gower, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 104 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 104
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Gower
The strongest of the 104 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 7, 1961; its path came within 25 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on April 12, 1964, killed 1 person. Of the 104, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 46 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 36. The most recent tornado was on May 19, 2025. Gower has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 334 Missouri cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 114 times since 1966, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Gower has more hail reports within 10 miles than 53% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Gower
By decade
- 2020s9
- 2010s7
- 2000s30(2 EF3+)
- 1990s7
- 1980s10
- 1970s10
- 1960s22(4 EF3+)
- 1950s9(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1961 | F4 | 25 mi | 26.2 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 22 mi | 14 mi | 1 / 22 |
| May 2, 2008 | EF3 | 23 mi | 0.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F3 | 14 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 26, 1969 | F3 | 22 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 10, 1965 | F3 | 9 mi | 23.2 mi | 0 / 11 |
| Mar 14, 1955 | F3 | 18 mi | 9.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 28, 2019 | EF2 | 23 mi | 5.85 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF2 | 11 mi | 19.57 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 15, 2006 | F2 | 11 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2004 | F2 | 15 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 3, 1981 | F2 | 25 mi | 1.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 104, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Gower
The Storm Prediction Center has 114 hail reports within 10 miles of Gower since 1966, made on 64 separate days. Of these, 70 were 1 inch across or larger, and 6 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently May 24, 2020. The most recent report is from October 24, 2024. May has the most reports, 46.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Gower
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Smithville Lake, MO, 16 miles south of Gower at 904 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.2 inches; the year adds up to 40.3 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 30 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 119 nights a year. That 40.3 inches is more than at 24 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (18%). Lathrop, 16 miles east, has its own station (Kearney 3E, MO): 41.3 inches a year, 1.0 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 16 | 1.2 |
| Feb | 42 | 21 | 1.4 |
| Mar | 53 | 31 | 2.3 |
| Apr | 64 | 41 | 3.9 |
| May | 73 | 53 | 5.4 |
| Jun | 82 | 63 | 5.3 |
| Jul | 87 | 68 | 4.9 |
| Aug | 85 | 66 | 4.4 |
| Sep | 78 | 56 | 4.3 |
| Oct | 66 | 44 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 53 | 31 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 42 | 22 | 1.6 |
| Year | 63 | 43 | 40.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Smithville Lake, MO (904 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Gower
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 95 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Gower: 79 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 floods and 5 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $534,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 8, 2002. July has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 25 have had fewer than Gower.
June 26, 2021: flood 2 miles from the centre of Gower — 1 killed, 3 injured, $10,000 damage.
NWS: “Well after rain had ended, Castille Creek was high enough to cover the road at County Line road. The vehicle entered the flooded waters and was swept off the road into a nearby field, where one occupant drowned.”
May 6, 2007: flood 8 miles from the centre of Gower — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “40 feet above flood stage. Damage was confined to agricultural interests.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Clinton County, which includes Gower, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 floods, 4 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on September 1, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clinton County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.2 million a year, the 40th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.9 million (58%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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