Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 20, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -93.970
Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 20, 1987
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 3
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 20, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -91.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotland
- When
- May 20, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Scotland County
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -92.150
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 20, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 20, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 20, 1987
- Hail in Utah, May 20, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 20, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1987
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: 10070817, 10070818, 10070819.