Editing Sikeston, Missouri (section)

===Weather events===
====1986 tornado====
On May 15, 1986, an EF2 tornado hit the city of Sikeston and destroyed about 100 homes, prompting Governor [[John Ashcroft]] to visit and call on the [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] for assistance. On the same day, the nearby community of [[Vanduser, Missouri|Vanduser]] was also hit by a tornado while storms precipitated flooding to the north in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828230224/http://shadyacres.mydoghouse.com/history.htm]

====2009 storm====
Sikeston and the surrounding area were hit by the [[January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm]].  This storm knocked out electrical service to large parts of the city for several days and damaged a large percentage of the trees, making this event the worst natural disaster to hit the city since at least the 1986 tornado.  Restoration of city electrical power was delayed as a circuit breaker at the Coleman Substation had exploded on January 21 just before the ice storm hit. Governor [[Jay Nixon]] surveyed the fog-covered damage by helicopter and visited the Sikeston Field House which was being used as a shelter.

====2024 tornado====
[[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024#Morehouse–Sikeston–Diehlstadt, Missouri|Another tornado]] would move through Sikeston during the morning hours of May 26, 2024. It caused EF3 damage southwest of Sikeston, EF1 damage in the city itself, and EF2 damage in the northeastern part of the city. Many homes, businesses, and other structures were heavily damaged and dozens of trees and power poles were snapped. Two indirect fatalities were confirmed from this tornado.<ref>
*{{#invoke:Cite|report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Missouri Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1188176|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2024|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
*{{#invoke:Cite|report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Missouri Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1188446|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2024|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
*{{#invoke:Cite|report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Missouri Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1188450|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2024|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
*{{#invoke:Cite|report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Missouri Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1188464|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2024|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
*{{#invoke:Cite|report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Missouri Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1188473|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2024|access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=NWS Damage Survey for 05/26/24 Tornado Event in SE Missouri|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSPAH&e=202405292258|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=May 29, 2024|access-date=May 29, 2024}}</ref>
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====2025 tornado====
A [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15-16, 2025|significant tornado]] would strike areas of [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott County]], particularly northern Sikeston.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruch |first1=Amber |title=2 deaths reported in Scott County, Mo. after storms, possible tornado |url=https://www.kfvs12.com/2025/05/17/2-deaths-reported-scott-county-mo-after-storms-possible-tornado/ |publisher=KFVS 12 |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref> Forty to fifty homes in Sikeston sustained major damage, where one of the two deaths caused by the tornado occurred.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two dead after tornado hits Sikeston |url=http://www.westkentuckystar.com/News/State/Two-dead-after-tornado-hits-Sikeston |publisher=West Kentucky Star |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref>