Hail, Gasconade
- When
- June 6, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Gasconade County, Drake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -91.470
County sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
Hail in Missouri, June 6, 1997
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
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Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gasconade
- When
- June 6, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Gasconade County, Owensville
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -91.500
Hail up to 2 inches in diameter pounded parts of Owensville. Initial reports estimated the damage to be at least 1 million. The storm cut a relatively narrow swath from the industrial park on the north side to town, then to the south-southeast through Memorial Park and the Oak Brook Subdivision. In the Industrial Park, businesses suffered varying degrees of damage to roofs, vent tops and gutters. Windows were broken at homes including one large window at the Gasconade Manor Nursing Home. At Owensville High School, skylights in the gymnasium roof were cracked and two large air conditioner coils damaged. Numerous vehicles were damaged. Insurance company officials commented that most vehicles had $2,000 or more in damages.
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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- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
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- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 6 to 7, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 6, 1997
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 6, 1997
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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: 5598077, 5598078.