Missouri, 1989

Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1989

May 18, 1989 · NWS STL · 8 events in 6 counties and zones

7 hail, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$250
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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

7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Platte

When
May 18, 1:05 PM CST
Where
Platte County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.370, -94.780

Hail, Bates

When
May 18, 1:50 PM CST
Where
Bates County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.250, -94.330

Hail, Bates

When
May 18, 2:04 PM CST
Where
Bates County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
38.400, -94.350

Hail, Clinton

When
May 18, 2:10 PM CST
Where
Clinton County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.630, -94.380

Hail, Johnson

When
May 18, 2:38 PM CST
Where
Johnson County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
38.850, -94.050

Hail, Clinton

When
May 18, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Clinton County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
39.750, -94.200

Hail, Dade

When
May 18, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Dade County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
37.500, -93.850

Tornado, McDonald

When
May 18, 5:00 PM CST
Where
McDonald County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$250
Coordinates
36.550, -94.300

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.

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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: 10073115, 10073116, 10073117, 10073118, 10073119, 10073120, 10073121, 10073122.