Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 23, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 23, 1995
Start: 1995-07-23T00:10
End: 1995-07-23T19:21
Location: Missouri

July 23, 1995 · 27 events in 21 counties and zones

23 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 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: $89,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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.

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:10 UTC.

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Event by event

23 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Platte

When: July 23, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Platte County, Farley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm produced dime-size hail near Farley.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 23, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Highway 69 and 72
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Coordinates: 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm moved across Clay County shortly after 1230 CST producing 65 mph winds and quarter-inch hail at the intersection of Highways 69 and 72. In Claycomo a six inch tree limb was downed at the intersetion of Interstate 29 and Interstate 35.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 23, 12:40 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Claycomo
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess

When: July 23, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Daviess County, Alta Vista
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 39.961, -93.985 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb

When: July 23, 12:46 AM CST
Where: De Kalb County, Maysville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

23,0046CST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.00) A severe thunderstorm dumped one inch hail and produced 60 mph winds in Maysville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 23, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Atherton
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Atherton.

Hail, Andrew

When: July 23, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Andrew County, Savannah
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms produced dime-size hail near Andrew.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ray

When: July 23, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Ray County, N Hardin
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Coordinates: 39.352, -93.990 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm produced 65 mph winds one mile north of Hardin.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: July 23, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Harrison County, Bethany
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 40.355, -93.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind gust in Bethany.

Hail, Carter

When: July 23, 12:42 PM CST
Where: Carter County, Van Buren
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Carter

When: July 23, 1:00 PM CST
Where: Carter County, Van Buren
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: July 23, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Holden
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm moved through Central Johnson County producing wind gusts up to 60 mph three miles north of Centerview knocking down large tree limbs. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Holden.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: July 23, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Centerview
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: July 23, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Jasper County, Bona
Coordinates: 37.204, -94.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper

When: July 23, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Jasper County, Jln
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Coordinates: 37.204, -94.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: July 23, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Cedar County, Stockton
Coordinates: 37.724, -93.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds gusting to over 60 mph downed trees at Bona and Stockton.

Thunderstorm Wind, Barton

When: July 23, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Barton County, Golden City
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 37.502, -94.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: July 23, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Mt Vernon
Coordinates: 37.106, -93.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dade

When: July 23, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Dade County, Dadeville
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 37.432, -93.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Barry

When: July 23, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Barry County, Monett
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 36.710, -93.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: July 23, 6:01 PM CST
Where: Cedar County, Stockton
Property damage: $40,000
Coordinates: 37.724, -93.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds flipped three mobile homes to the north of Stockton and downed trees in Monett and south of Dadeville. A tractor-semitrailer was blown off of Interstate 44 near Mt Vernon.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greene

When: July 23, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Greene County, Battlefield
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Christian

When: July 23, 6:33 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Rogersville
Coordinates: 36.970, -93.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm with an estimated 70 to 80 mph winds downed trees throughout the area, a church steeple collapsed and windows were broken on the south side of Springfield, and golf ball-size hail was reported in Walnut Grove.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: July 23, 6:33 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Brighton
Coordinates: 37.617, -93.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Christian

When: July 23, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Christian County, Bruner
Coordinates: 36.970, -93.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Wright

When: July 23, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Wright County, Norwood
Coordinates: 37.270, -92.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas

When: July 23, 7:21 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, Ava
Coordinates: 36.933, -92.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds continued downing trees as they moved through the Norwood and Ava areas.

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 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, July 1995

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: 10334792, 10332522, 10332564, 10332716, 10332730, 10332058, 10333001, 10335114, 10332136, 10332396, 10332397, 10331726, 10331727, 10332161, 10332162, 10332437, 10332966, 10332315, 10332661, 10332819, 10332438, 10332086, 10332477, 10334873, 10332478, 10335155, 10332684.