Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Chesterfield
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -90.570
Hail in Missouri, May 7, 1998
Hail ranging in size from 3/4 inch to golfball fell across north and west St. Louis County.
Where it happened
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Hail ranging in size from 3/4 inch to golfball fell across north and west St. Louis County.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Creve Coeur
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.670, -90.420
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Maryland Hgts
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -90.430
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Bridgeton
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -90.430
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Bridgeton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -90.430
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Hazelwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -90.420
Hail, St. Louis
- When
- May 7, 8:46 PM CST to 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Florissant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -90.330
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 1998
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: 5643296, 5643298, 5643297, 5643299, 5643300, 5643301, 5643302.