Hail, Saline
- When
- May 16, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -93.370
Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 16, 1982
13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -92.970
Hail, Chariton
- When
- May 16, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -92.870
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -90.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.850, -94.550
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 16, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hickory
- When
- May 16, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hickory County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -93.550
Hail, Jasper
- When
- May 16, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.070, -94.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- May 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -93.700
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 16, 3:19 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- May 16, 3:19 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -94.430
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 16, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.320, -92.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 16, 3:42 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -92.100
Hail, Ste. Genevieve (C)
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ste. Genevieve (C) County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -90.850
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -92.920
Hail, Newton
- When
- May 16, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -94.570
Hail, Newton
- When
- May 16, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -94.600
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 Texas, May 16, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1982
- Tornado in Colorado, May 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 16, 1982
- Hail in Arkansas, May 16, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 16, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 16, 1982
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: 10059816, 10059817, 10059818, 10059819, 10059820, 10059821, 10059822, 10059823, 10059824, 10059825, 10059826, 10059827, 10059828, 10059829, 10059830, 10059831, 10059832, 10059833.