Missouri, 1996

Hail in Missouri, May 14, 1996

May 14, 1996 · NWS EAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms dropped large hail over the Trenton area. A local radio station reported widespread car and minor house damage from one and three quarter inch diameter hail.

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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.

Severe thunderstorms dropped large hail over the Trenton area. A local radio station reported widespread car and minor house damage from one and three quarter inch diameter hail. Hail one and a quarter inch in diameter was reported 8 miles southwest of Trenton by a Kirksville television station.

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Grundy

When
May 14, 2:25 PM CST to 2:35 PM CST
Where
Grundy County, Trenton to 8 mi of Trenton
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.000, -93.720

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5545999.