Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:07 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, O Fallon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -90.700
Hail in Missouri, April 16, 2000
A severe thunderstorm pounded eastern St. Charles County with hail.
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 LSX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm pounded eastern St. Charles County with hail. Although the hail was not extremely large, many roofs were damaged in O'Fallon. At some locations, the hail accumulated to almost 6 inches deep on the ground. The storm also produced a rather wide wall cloud that was tracked by storm spotters and off duty National Weather Service personnel.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:07 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:12 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, O Fallon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -90.700
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, O Fallon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -90.700
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, St Charles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.783, -90.500
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, O Fallon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -90.700
Hail, St. Charles
- When
- April 16, 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, St Peters
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -90.617
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
- Hail and High Wind in California, April 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in Tennessee, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Missouri, April 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, April 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 16, 2000
- Rip Currents in American Samoa, April 16 to 18, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, April 16, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, April 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2000
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: 5139926, 5139927, 5139928, 5139929, 5139930, 5139931.