NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lone Jack, 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 Lone Jack, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 114 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 114
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
48 deaths in all
What the records show for Lone Jack
The strongest of the 114 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on May 20, 1957; its path came within 15 miles, and it killed 44 people. Of the 114, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 59 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 42. The most recent tornado was on July 11, 2025. Lone Jack has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 66% of the 334 Missouri cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 139 times since 1959, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Lone Jack has more hail reports within 10 miles than 64% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lone Jack
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s28(1 EF3+)
- 2000s21
- 1990s5
- 1980s9
- 1970s8(2 EF3+)
- 1960s24(3 EF3+)
- 1950s9(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1957 | F5 | 15 mi | 69.4 mi | 44 / 207 |
| May 4, 1977 | F4 | 24 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Jan 24, 1967 | F3 | 15 mi | 14.5 mi | 2 / 18 |
| May 4, 1977 | F3 | 14 mi | 26.2 mi | 1 / 5 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F3 | 1 mi | 19.5 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | EF3 | 5 mi | 17.74 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Apr 15, 1960 | F3 | 24 mi | 8.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 8, 2022 | EF2 | 16 mi | 9.56 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2015 | EF2 | 17 mi | 10.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 2014 | EF2 | 22 mi | 12.63 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 2003 | F2 | 19 mi | 22 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 4, 1969 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 114, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lone Jack
The Storm Prediction Center has 139 hail reports within 10 miles of Lone Jack since 1959, made on 84 separate days. Of these, 79 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 19, 2018. The most recent report is from July 11, 2025. May has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lone Jack
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Elm, MO, 7 miles east of Lone Jack at 850 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 18°F. July is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.4 inches; the year adds up to 42.9 inches over 67 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 33 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 116 nights a year. Snowfall averages 11.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 42.9 inches is more than at 54 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (40%). Grain Valley, 9 miles north, has its own station (Lees Summit Municipal Airport, MO): 38.5 inches a year, 4.4 less than here, and the same July average high, 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 18 | 1.4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| Feb | 43 | 22 | 1.8 | 4 | 2.9 |
| Mar | 54 | 32 | 2.9 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.1 |
| May | 74 | 53 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 63 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 88 | 67 | 5.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 87 | 65 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 56 | 3.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 44 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 54 | 33 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 42 | 23 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Year | 65 | 43 | 42.9 | 67 | 11.9 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Elm, MO (850 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 Lone Jack
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 175 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lone Jack: 140 thunderstorm wind reports, 25 flash floods, 6 floods and 4 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $198,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on November 9, 1998. July has had the most flash floods, 7 of 25. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 204 have had fewer than Lone Jack.
November 9, 1998: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Lone Jack — 2 injured, $60,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds destroyed two mobile homes, and substantially damaged a single family residence. Two people in one of the mobile homes suffered minor injuries due to flying debris.”
April 3, 2011: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Lone Jack — 1 injured, $30,000 damage.
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
Jackson County, which includes Lone Jack, has been named in 26 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 19 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 7 floods, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 26, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Jackson County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes and hail; Relatively High for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $250.6 million a year, the 3rd highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $109.1 million (44%), 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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Cities near Lone Jack
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- Grain Valley, MO9 mi
- Kingsville, MO9 mi
- Pleasant Hill, MO10 mi
- Greenwood, MO11 mi
- Blue Springs, MO11 mi
- Lees Summit, MO12 mi
- Odessa, MO13 mi
- Holden, MO15 mi
- Buckner, MO16 mi
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