Buchanan County, Missouri: 4 FEMA declarations and the hail record
4 declarations name Buchanan County (3 storm, 1 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire), against 10 NOAA hail days of 1 in or more in 8 of the 12 full years.
- 4declarations
- 3storm-type
- #45 of 70in MO
- 6 of 8hail years undeclared
Counting 4, Buchanan County comes #45 among 70 MO counties; that is below the MO median of 5. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 3.
Longest quiet stretch: 1,382 days (3.8 years), DR-4238 (August 7, 2015) to DR-4435 (May 20, 2019). The wait since DR-4612 is longer still: 1,840 days.
8 full years carry hail of 1 in or more. No storm declaration began in 6 of them, 2014 to 2024. Peak year 2019: 2 days, 5 reports. The other way round, 2021 has a storm declaration and no 1 in hail day: wind, rain or flood water.
NOAA lists 4 tornadoes here, the strongest EF1, March 29, 2022, near St Joseph. Top gust 82 mph (June 30, 2023). 2 of 3 storm declarations enclose at least one of those peaks.
Year by year
| Buchanan County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Buchanan | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | – | – | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
All 4 declarations
| Buchanan County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Buchanan | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 of 4 | 4612 | 2021-09-01 | 0 | 2021-06-24 to 2021-07-01 | Severe Storm DR | 785 | – |
| 3 of 4 | 4451 | 2019-07-09 | 2 | 2019-04-29 to 2019-07-05 | Severe Storm DR | 50 | 1.75 in hail |
| 2 of 4 | 4435 | 2019-05-20 | 2 | 2019-03-11 to 2019-04-16 | Flood DR | 1382 | – |
| 1 of 4 | 4238 | 2015-08-07 | 1 | 2015-05-15 to 2015-07-27 | Severe Storm DR | first | 2.75 in hail |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: St Joseph.
Buchanan County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Buchanan County?
4 since 2014. First: DR-4238, August 7, 2015. Latest: DR-4612, September 1, 2021. Storm 3, flood 1, winter 0, fire 0.
Which Buchanan County hail years have no storm declaration?
6 of 8; the latest is 2024.
Was the biggest Buchanan County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 2.75 in hail on June 21, 2015, falls inside DR-4238.
Nearby in MO
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.