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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Holts Summit, MO

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

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Holts Summit, Missouri since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1902. Since 1950, 68 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
68

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Holts Summit

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Holts Summit, Missouri, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2854 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Holts Summit: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Holts Summit

By decade

  • 2010s8(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s8
  • 1990s16(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s8
  • 1960s10
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Holts Summit, Missouri
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 22, 2019EF33 mi32.68 mi0 / 33
Nov 10, 1998F325 mi2 mi0 / 16
Nov 27, 1990F325 mi1 mi0 / 0
Nov 27, 1990F325 mi12 mi0 / 3
May 1, 1983F317 mi9 mi0 / 3
Mar 13, 2006F210 mi13 mi0 / 2
Oct 3, 1986F221 mi10 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1980F215 mi42.7 mi0 / 0
May 26, 1973F213 mi3 mi0 / 1
Oct 24, 1967F224 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Oct 14, 1966F222 mi7.6 mi0 / 0
May 23, 1966F216 mi2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 68, 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 Holts Summit 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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