Hail, Platte
- When
- April 2, 7:34 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County, Platte City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -94.780
Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1999
A line of thunderstorms tracked across northwest Missouri on the evening of April 2, producing large hail in several locations to the west of Interstate 35.
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
- 6
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 EAX wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms tracked across northwest Missouri on the evening of April 2, producing large hail in several locations to the west of Interstate 35.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:35 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- April 2, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Faucett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -94.820
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 1 mi E of Gower
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -94.580
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Grayson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -94.580
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 2, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 4 mi N of Perrin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -94.420
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 2, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, 1 mi N of Osborn
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -94.370
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 Kansas, April 2 to 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 1999
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: 5692850, 5692849, 5692845, 5692847, 5692848, 5692846.