1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters indicated a funnel cloud came very near to touching ground. This funnel cloud was on the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms. This indicates it was a "gustnado" type of phenomenon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 1998
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: 5661457.