Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 20, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.630
Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 20, 1990
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 12
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- May 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.100, -93.830
Hail, Greene
- When
- May 20, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 20, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -93.480
Tornado, Greene
- When
- May 20, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -93.200
Hail, Newton
- When
- May 20, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -94.370
Tornado, Webster
- When
- May 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 37.120, -93.080
Hail, Webster
- When
- May 20, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -92.920
Tornado, Webster
- When
- May 20, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.130, -93.000
Tornado, Christian
- When
- May 20, 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Christian County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.980, -93.280
Hail, Texas
- When
- May 20, 11:38 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.330, -91.970
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
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1990
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 20, 1990
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: 10070962, 10070963, 10070964, 10070965, 10070966, 10070967, 10070968, 10070969, 10070970, 10070971, 10070972.