Hail, Benton
- When
- April 21, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Lincoln
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -93.330
Hail in Missouri, April 21, 1996
Thunderstorm winds also uprooted two trees and blew bricks of chimney off of a home.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds also uprooted two trees and blew bricks of chimney off of a home.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Arkansas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
- Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
- Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
- Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5551234.