Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 15, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -94.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1968
11 tornado, 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $451,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
11 tornado, 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cass
- When
- May 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F3
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -94.620
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.830, -94.050
Tornado, Ray
- When
- May 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.030
Hail, Ray
- When
- May 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.080
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -93.550
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -93.770
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -93.680
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -93.630
Hail, Jasper
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- May 15, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -93.580
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -94.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -94.500
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 15, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 38.220, -90.750
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 15, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.500, -90.280
Tornado, Butler
- When
- May 15, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -90.550
Tornado, Dunklin
- When
- May 15, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 15, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -89.680
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 15, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 15, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 1968
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10059942, 10059943, 10059944, 10059945, 10059946, 10059947, 10059948, 10059949, 10059950, 10059951, 10059952, 10059953, 10059954, 10059955, 10059956, 10059957, 10059958, 10059959, 10059960.