Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 24, 7:55 AM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -92.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 24, 1989
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Adair
- When
- May 24, 8:25 AM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 24, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- May 24, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lewis County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -91.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 24, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -92.070
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- May 24, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -93.770
Tornado, Harrison
- When
- May 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -93.920
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 24, 8:42 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.200
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.920, -94.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 24, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -92.020
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 24, 10:12 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -93.750
Hail, Henry
- When
- May 24, 11:29 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.380, -93.770
What these are
- 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.
- 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 24, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 24, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 24, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 24, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 24, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1989
- Tornado in Idaho, May 24, 1989
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: 10073139, 10073140, 10073141, 10073142, 10073143, 10073144, 10073145, 10073146, 10073147, 10073148, 10073149, 10073150.