NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sedalia, 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 Sedalia, Missouri since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 91 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 91
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
4 deaths in all
What the records show for Sedalia
The strongest of the 91 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 19, 1973; its path came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F1 on March 30, 2006, killed 1 person. Of the 91, 16 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 42 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 29. The most recent tornado was on May 19, 2025. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site, 53% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Sedalia. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 127 times since 1959, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Sedalia has more hail reports within 10 miles than 57% of the 334 Missouri cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sedalia
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s9
- 2000s25(1 EF3+)
- 1990s4
- 1980s25(1 EF3+)
- 1970s13(5 EF3+)
- 1960s4
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1973 | F4 | 20 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Mar 12, 2006 | F3 | 24 mi | 35 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1980 | F3 | in town | 15.8 mi | 0 / 23 |
| May 4, 1977 | F3 | in town | 11.2 mi | 0 / 24 |
| Apr 20, 1973 | F3 | 11 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1973 | F3 | 10 mi | 19.4 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 20, 1973 | F3 | 22 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 12, 2006 | F2 | 4 mi | 11.2 mi | 1 / 6 |
| Apr 12, 1964 | F2 | 22 mi | 10.7 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Aug 21, 1952 | F2 | in town | 1.3 mi | 1 / 13 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | EF2 | 20 mi | 6.13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 2011 | EF2 | in town | 2.11 mi | 0 / 20 |
The strongest 12 of 91, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sedalia
The Storm Prediction Center has 127 hail reports within 10 miles of Sedalia since 1959, made on 88 separate days. Of these, 80 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on May 11, 1978. The most recent report is from September 17, 2025. May has the most reports, 35.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sedalia
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sedalia Wtp, MO, 2 miles south of Sedalia at 780 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 43.7 inches over 68 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 31 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. Snowfall averages 13.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 43.7 inches is more than at 67 of the 134 Missouri stations used on this site (50%). Whiteman Afb, 18 miles west, has its own station (Sweet Springs, MO): 42.8 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 19 | 1.9 | 4 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 43 | 23 | 2.2 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Mar | 54 | 32 | 2.8 | 7 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 65 | 42 | 4.6 | 8 | 0.1 |
| May | 74 | 53 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 63 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 67 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 86 | 64 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 56 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 44 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 54 | 33 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 43 | 24 | 2.2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Year | 64 | 43 | 43.7 | 68 | 13.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Sedalia Wtp, MO (780 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 Sedalia
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 117 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sedalia: 107 thunderstorm wind reports and 10 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $184,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 1, 2001. Of the 334 Missouri cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Sedalia.
August 21, 2003: thunderstorm wind in Sedalia — 3 injured, $5,000 damage.
NWS: “Camper trailer blown over at campground. Three minor injuries reported.”
August 13, 2010: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Sedalia — 3 injured, $500 damage.
NWS: “Three tents were blown over with three minor injuries reported, near the Grandstand at the Missorui State Fairgrounds. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.”
July 5, 2004: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Sedalia — 1 injured, $25,000 damage.
NWS: “Mobile home park had damage. There was also damage to several barns and numerous trees were downed.”
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Sedalia's ZIP code 65301 have filed 39 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $116,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 18% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 172 Missouri cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 64 have fewer than Sedalia.
Pettis County, which includes Sedalia, has been named in 21 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 3 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 Pettis County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, strong wind and heat waves; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding and lightning; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.8 million a year, the 36th highest of 115 Missouri counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $9.2 million (41%), 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 Sedalia
- Green Ridge, MO11 mi
- Whiteman Afb, MO18 mi
- Cole Camp, MO18 mi
- Knob Noster, MO19 mi
- Windsor, MO20 mi
- Sweet Springs, MO21 mi
- Tipton, MO24 mi
- Lincoln, MO25 mi
- Stover, MO26 mi
- Concordia, MO27 mi
- Warrensburg, MO28 mi
- Marshall, MO28 mi
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