Hail, Vernon
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.830, -94.450
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 24, 1988
16 hail, 10 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
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
16 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jasper
- When
- March 24, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.080, -94.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- March 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 39.200, -93.700
Tornado, Saline
- When
- March 24, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -93.420
Hail, Newton
- When
- March 24, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -94.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- March 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.870, -94.030
Hail, Newton
- When
- March 24, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -94.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- March 24, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -93.200
Hail, McDonald
- When
- March 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- McDonald County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -94.380
Hail, Adair
- When
- March 24, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- March 24, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- March 24, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -92.520
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- March 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -93.850
Hail, Barry
- When
- March 24, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -93.920
Hail, Morgan
- When
- March 24, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -92.980
Hail, Boone
- When
- March 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -92.570
Hail, Boone
- When
- March 24, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -92.130
Hail, Knox
- When
- March 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooper
- When
- March 24, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper County
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -92.650
Hail, Greene
- When
- March 24, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.380, -93.150
Hail, Lewis
- When
- March 24, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lewis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -91.820
Hail, Greene
- When
- March 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.300, -93.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Christian
- When
- March 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Coordinates
- 37.050, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- March 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- March 24, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -92.330
Hail, Audrain
- When
- March 24, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Audrain County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -91.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- March 24, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lewis County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -91.500
Tornado, Texas
- When
- March 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -91.920
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 Hail in Iowa, March 24, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, March 24, 1988
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1988Warnings in Missouri, March 1988
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: 10071963, 10071964, 10071965, 10071966, 10071967, 10071968, 10071969, 10071970, 10071971, 10071972, 10072824, 10072825, 10072826, 10073042, 10073043, 10073044, 10073045, 10073046, 10073047, 10073048, 10073049, 10073050, 10073051, 10073052, 10073053, 10073054, 10073055, 10073056.