Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.570, -94.470
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1985
3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, De Kalb
- When
- May 26, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.500
Hail, Platte
- When
- May 26, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- May 26, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -94.580
Tornado, Clay
- When
- May 26, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -94.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- May 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 26, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -94.430
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 26, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 26, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 26, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 26, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 26, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 26, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 26, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 26, 1985
- Hail in Indiana, May 26, 1985
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: 10060210, 10060211, 10058707, 10058708, 10058709, 10058710, 10058925.