Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -94.480
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 30, 1985
20 hail, 4 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
20 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 30, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -94.480
Hail, Platte
- When
- May 30, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -94.670
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 30, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -94.580
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 30, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -93.730
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 30, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -94.350
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 30, 6:40 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -93.420
Hail, Pettis
- When
- May 30, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pettis County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -93.180
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 30, 7:07 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -93.200
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 30, 7:17 AM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -93.050
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 30, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -92.730
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 30, 8:05 AM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -92.730
Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 30, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.820, -92.600
Hail, Cole
- When
- May 30, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Cole County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -92.420
Hail, Cole
- When
- May 30, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- Cole County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -92.180
Hail, Cole
- When
- May 30, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cole County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -92.180
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- May 30, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -94.930
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- May 30, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -94.820
Tornado, Platte
- When
- May 30, 6:24 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -94.700
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- May 30, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.580, -94.480
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -94.370
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 30, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -94.370
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 30, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -94.280
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 30, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Michigan, May 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1985
- Tornadoes in Montana, May 30, 1985
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 30, 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: 10058933, 10058934, 10058935, 10058936, 10058937, 10058938, 10058939, 10058940, 10058941, 10058942, 10058943, 10058944, 10058945, 10058946, 10058947, 10058948, 10058949, 10058950, 10058951, 10058952, 10058953, 10058954, 10058955, 10058956.