Missouri, 1998Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 23, 1998
May 23, 1998 · NWS EAX · 13 events in 11 counties and zones
12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 23, 5:05 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Perrin to 5 mi SW of Cameron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -94.420
The Clinton County Sheriff's Office reported dime-size hail 5 miles north of Perrin and 2 miles southwest of Cameron.
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 23, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County, 3 mi E of Miami
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -93.180
A local cooperative observer reported one inch diameter hail 3 miles east of Miami.
Hail, Chariton
- When
- May 23, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton County, Brunswick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -93.130
The Brunswick Fire Department reported dime-size hail in Brunswick.
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 23, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Cameron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.200
Dime-size hail was reported by a spotter at Cameron.
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Osborn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.370
Dime-size hail was reported by a spotter in Osborn.
Hail, Linn
- When
- May 23, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, Linneus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -93.230
A cooperative observer reported dime-size hail during a severe thunderstorm at Linneus.
Hail, Macon
- When
- May 23, 7:23 PM CST to 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Macon County, Macon to 5 mi NE of Macon
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -92.580
Severe thunderstorms over Macon County dropped nickel-size hail 5 miles west of Macon and dime-size hail 7 miles northeast of Macon.
Hail, Ray
- When
- May 23, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ray County, 2 mi S of Rockingham
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -93.780
Nickel-size hail was reported by the public 2 miles south of Rockingham.
Hail, Daviess
- When
- May 23, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County, 5 mi SW of Carlow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -93.920
Dime-size hail was reported during a thunderstorm 5 miles southwest of Carlow.
Hail, Caldwell
- When
- May 23, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County, Breckenridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -93.820
Dime-size hail was reported by a spotter in Breckenridge.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 23, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 3 mi NW of Norborne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -93.720
Quarter-size hail was reported by the public 3 miles northwest of Norborne.
Hail, Livingston
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Mooresville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -93.720
Dime-size hail was reported by the public at Mooresville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- May 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Mooresville
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -93.720
The same thunderstorm that produced the dime-size hail in Mooresville also generated a 60 MPH wind gust.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, May 23, 19981 death · 2 injured · $255,000 · 61 kt wind · 20 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998$7.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 16 events
- Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1998$6.0 million · 3 in hail · 15 events
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998$236,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998$267,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 19981 injured · $51,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998$95,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 23, 19981 injured · $50,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, May 23, 19981 injured · F1 · 1 event
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 23, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 23, 1998$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 23, 1998$15,000 · 0.88 in hail · 4 events
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: 5640408, 5640402, 5640407, 5640405, 5640406, 5640404, 5640398, 5640299, 5640399, 5640403, 5640300, 5640400, 5640401.