Hail, Pettis
- When
- August 4, 3:00 AM CST to August 31, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Pettis County, Ash Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.728, -93.285 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Up to six inches of rain fell over Pettis county in less than six hours. Five and one-half inches was reported by a radio station on the west side of Sedalia. A 60-year-old man drowned around 0515 CST in Coon Creek. The man was driving his truck on Quisenberry Road about seven tenths of a mile north of Y highway in poor visibility. Flood waters had washed out a 60 foot section of roadway at the bridge crossing Coon Creek. The man drove into the washed out area of the bridge and fell 25 feet into the creek. His truck washed down stream 45 feet and was pinned against a tree. Flood waters also covered 50 Highway in Sedalia and Highway near Georgetown. Two to four feet of water closed Highway 65 along the northern edge of Sedalia and over H highway at Hughsville. M60V