Hail, St. Louis
- When
- April 30, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -90.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1970
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- April 30, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -92.500
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- April 30, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -93.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ozark
- When
- April 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ozark County
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Howell
- When
- April 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Howell
- When
- April 30, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Howell County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Reynolds
- When
- April 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Reynolds County
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- April 30, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -90.680
Tornado, Ripley
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -90.600
Tornado, Butler
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -90.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- April 30, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -90.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- April 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -89.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape Girardeau
- When
- April 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau County
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -89.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Stoddard
- When
- April 30, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Stoddard County
- Coordinates
- 36.780, -89.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 30, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 30, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 30, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 30, 1970
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1970
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: 10060039, 10060040, 10060041, 10060042, 10060043, 10060044, 10060045, 10060046, 10060047, 10060048, 10060049, 10060050, 10060051, 10060052.