Hail, Atchison
- When
- May 14, 11:20 AM CST to 11:53 AM CST
- Where
- Atchison County, Tarkio to Westboro
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -95.380
Hail in Missouri, May 14, 1996
A severe thunderstorm over Eastern Atchison County droped nickel-size hail at Tarkio and golfball-size hail at Westboro. A Highway Patrolman reported golfball size hail just east of Tarkio.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- 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 EAX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm over Eastern Atchison County droped nickel-size hail at Tarkio and golfball-size hail at Westboro. A Highway Patrolman reported golfball size hail just east of Tarkio.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:18 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
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, May 14, 1996
- Drought in Arkansas, May 14 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 14 to 20, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, May 14, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 14, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 14, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 14 to 15, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1996
More
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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: 5545993.