Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 21, 1993

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 21, 1993
Start: 1993-09-21T17:55
End: 1993-09-21T23:50
Location: Missouri

September 21, 1993 · 25 events in 9 counties and zones

18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $315,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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

18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Atchison

When: September 21, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Atchison County, Rockport
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Atchison

When: September 21, 6:16 PM CST
Where: Atchison County, Tarkio
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nodaway

When: September 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Nodaway County, Maryville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.361, -94.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Holt

When: September 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Holt County, Maitland
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One-inch-diameter hail was reported by a cooperative observer north of Graham.

Hail, Holt

When: September 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Holt County, Graham
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One-inch-diameter hail was reported by a cooperative observer north of Graham.

Hail, Buchanan

When: September 21, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Buchanan County, St. Joseph
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.660, -94.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Andrew

When: September 21, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Andrew County, Rosendale
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Softball-size hail damaged numerous roofs and automobiles.

Hail, Buchanan

When: September 21, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Buchanan County, St. Joseph
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.660, -94.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Andrew

When: September 21, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Andrew County, Union Star
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Atchison

When: September 21, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Atchison County, Rockport
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Holt

When: September 21, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Holt County, Mound City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Holt

When: September 21, 8:52 PM CST
Where: Holt County, Maitland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nodaway

When: September 21, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Nodaway County, Graham
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.361, -94.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Atchison

When: September 21, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Atchison County, Rockport
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew

When: September 21, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Andrew County, Helena
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A grain drier was blown over.

Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess

When: September 21, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Daviess County, Pattonsburg
Coordinates: 39.961, -93.985 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several large trees and limbs were blown down.

Hail, De Kalb

When: September 21, 10:00 PM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Fairport
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were uprooted and dime-size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb

When: September 21, 10:00 PM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Stewartsville
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms downed trees, highway signs, and billboards at Stewartsville, and destroyed a pole barn north of Maysville.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb

When: September 21, 10:00 PM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Fairport
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were uprooted and dime-size hail was reported.

Hail, Andrew

When: September 21, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Andrew County, Cosby
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb

When: September 21, 10:15 PM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Maysville
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms downed trees, highway signs, and billboards at Stewartsville, and destroyed a pole barn north of Maysville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: September 21, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Clinton County, Cameron
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.602, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb

When: September 21, 11:05 PM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Osborn
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous large trees were blown down.

Hail, Clinton

When: September 21, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Clinton County, Cameron
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.602, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Caldwell

When: September 21, 11:45 PM CST to 11:50 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Kingston
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.656, -93.983 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous windows were broken by baseball-size hail in Kingston. Heavy rains also flooded County Roads U and A. Shoal Creek overtopped levees flooding approximately 10,000 acres at a lost of over $2 million.

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

Every storm in Missouri in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, September 1993

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: 10333008, 10333009, 10331790, 10332187, 10332188, 10333150, 10332946, 10333151, 10332947, 10333010, 10332189, 10332190, 10331791, 10333011, 10332948, 10332676, 10332717, 10332718, 10332719, 10332949, 10332720, 10332527, 10332721, 10332528, 10332908.