9 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Des Moines radar (KDMX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.
9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Worth County Sheriff office reported golfball-size hail which covered the ground 2 inches deep a mile west of Grant City.
Severe thunderstorms dropped one inch hail in Allendale extending a mile to the east. Two miles west of Allendale the hail completely covered the ground.
The Livingston County Sheriffif office reported dime-size hail 2 miles southeast of Chula.
Quarter-size hail was reported by the public 3 miles southeast of Andover while dime-size hail was observed by the county sherrif's office 4 miles northeast of Blythedale.
Quarter-size hail was reported by a resident of Saline during a severe thunderstorm.
Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail over portions of Mercer County. Spotters reported dime-size hail at Cleopatra and a mile east of Mercer.
A Putnam County resident reported half dollar -size hail 2 miles southwest of Powersville. The county sheriff office reported nickel-size hail coverering the ground at Lake Thunderhead.
The Schuyler County Sherrif's office reported golfball-size hail a mile southeast of Lancaster and dime-size hail 2 miles northwest of Downing.
Macon County highway patrol reported one inch hail that covered the roadway 6 miles east of La Plata. Four miles north of Woodville, a citizen reported nickel -size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 1997
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: 5584681, 5584685, 5584680, 5584682, 5584683, 5584678, 5584679, 5584684, 5584686.