Hail, Chariton
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -92.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1983
17 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
17 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Clair
- When
- May 18, 1:14 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.050, -93.700
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 18, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 18, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 18, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -93.050
Hail, Pettis
- When
- May 18, 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -93.280
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -92.850
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 18, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -93.200
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 18, 2:51 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -92.850
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -94.370
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -93.030
Hail, Chariton
- When
- May 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.420, -92.820
Hail, Holt
- When
- May 18, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -95.200
Hail, Andrew
- When
- May 18, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Andrew County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -94.800
Hail, Nodaway
- When
- May 18, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Nodaway County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -94.730
Hail, Gentry
- When
- May 18, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Gentry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -94.330
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 18, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -94.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Pettis
- When
- May 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -93.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- May 18, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -93.630
Tornado, Chariton
- When
- May 18, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -93.130
Tornado, Howard
- When
- May 18, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -92.750
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 Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 18, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1983
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1983
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: 10057102, 10057103, 10057104, 10057105, 10057106, 10057107, 10057108, 10057109, 10057110, 10057111, 10057112, 10057113, 10057114, 10057115, 10057116, 10057117, 10057118, 10057119, 10057120, 10057121, 10057122.