Hail, Cooper
- When
- May 7, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper County, Boonville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -92.730
Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1996
The county sheriff's office reported nickel-size hail from a severe thunderstorm in Boonville.
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
- 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.
The county sheriff's office reported nickel-size hail from a severe thunderstorm in Boonville.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:07 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
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 7 to 29, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 7, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 7, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1996
- Cold in New York, May 7, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 7, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 7 to 8, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 7 to 12, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 7 to 17, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 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: 5545798.