NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Savannah, 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 Savannah, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 102 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 102
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Savannah
The highest rating among the 102 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 26, 1984, came within 16 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on June 25, 1994, killed 1 person. Of the 102, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 40 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 28. The most recent tornado was on May 19, 2025. Savannah has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 55% of the 334 Missouri cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 90 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Of the 334 Missouri cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Savannah.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Savannah
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s9
- 2000s24
- 1990s8
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s8
- 1960s21(1 EF3+)
- 1950s13
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1984 | F3 | 16 mi | 32 mi | 0 / 9 |
| Apr 10, 1965 | F3 | 20 mi | 23.2 mi | 0 / 11 |
| Jun 25, 1994 | F2 | 9 mi | 0.8 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Apr 15, 2006 | F2 | 23 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | F2 | 5 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 24, 2004 | F2 | 23 mi | 17 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 1984 | F2 | 23 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 3, 1981 | F2 | 14 mi | 1.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1973 | F2 | 12 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 14 |
| Apr 19, 1973 | F2 | 25 mi | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 1971 | F2 | 23 mi | 55.4 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Jul 26, 1969 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 102, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Savannah
The Storm Prediction Center has 90 hail reports within 10 miles of Savannah since 1956, made on 66 separate days. Of these, 51 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on September 21, 1993. The most recent report is from April 1, 2025. May has the most reports, 25.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Savannah
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is St Joseph Rosecrans Airport, MO, 13 miles south of Savannah at 818 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 17°F. May is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 34.9 inches over 56 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 126 nights a year. That 34.9 inches is more than at 0 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (0%). Troy, KS, 19 miles southwest, has its own station (Troy 3N, KS): 37.0 inches a year, 2.1 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 17 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Feb | 43 | 21 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Mar | 55 | 32 | 2.1 | 5 |
| Apr | 66 | 42 | 3.7 | 7 |
| May | 76 | 54 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Jun | 85 | 64 | 4.8 | 8 |
| Jul | 88 | 67 | 4.7 | 5 |
| Aug | 86 | 65 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Sep | 80 | 54 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Oct | 68 | 43 | 2.8 | 5 |
| Nov | 53 | 31 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Dec | 41 | 21 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Year | 65 | 42 | 34.9 | 56 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at St Joseph Rosecrans Airport, MO (818 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 Savannah
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 87 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Savannah: 68 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 floods and 9 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $131,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on June 12, 2004. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 9. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 60 have had fewer than Savannah.
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
Andrew County, which includes Savannah, has been named in 32 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 9 floods, 3 ice storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Andrew County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for hail, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $11.4 million a year, the 74th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.2 million (37%), 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 Savannah
- Saint Joseph, MO13 mi
- Wathena, KS14 mi
- Troy, KS19 mi
- Stanberry, MO24 mi
- Maysville, MO26 mi
- Gower, MO27 mi
- Maryville, MO27 mi
- Atchison, KS31 mi
- Plattsburg, MO33 mi
- Albany, MO34 mi
- Weston, MO35 mi
- Cameron, MO35 mi
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