Hail in Missouri, July 17, 1997

Name: Hail in Missouri, July 17, 1997
Start: 1997-07-17T15:54
End: 1997-07-17T16:20
Location: Missouri

July 17, 1997 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
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.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greene

When: July 17, 3:54 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
Where: Greene County, Springfield
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 37.200, -93.300

A thunderstorm developed westward across the southern and eastern sections of the city bringing a widespread and prolonged period hail event to areas south of Sunshine and east of Kansas Expressway. Most of the hail was in the the nickel to quarter size range with a few golfball size hailstones mixed in. Damage was mainly limited to small dents in vehicles and roofs.

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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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5618722.