Hail, Cass
- When
- May 24, 1:45 PM CST to 2:28 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Archie to Garden City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -94.370
Hail in Missouri, May 24, 1996
A second round of severe thunderstorms produced large hail over the county. One and a quarter inch in diamter hail was reported at Archie and the fire department reported one inch hail at Garden City.
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 second round of severe thunderstorms produced large hail over the county. One and a quarter inch in diamter hail was reported at Archie and the fire department reported one inch hail at Garden City.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 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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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: 5546014.