Hail, Carter
- When
- March 5, 4:04 PM CST to 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Carter County, Van Buren to Grandin
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 37.000, -91.020
Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1996
Large hail ranging from golfball to baseball size occurred overmuch of the county. Golfball size hail occurred in Van Buren.
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
- $50,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
Large hail ranging from golfball to baseball size occurred overmuch of the county. Golfball size hail occurred in Van Buren. The largest hailstones were 3 inches in diameter near Grandin. Many vehicles were extensively damaged.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546876.