Hail, Buchanan
- When
- April 19, 6:44 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County, 1 mi SW of Agency
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -94.767
Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 19 to 20, 2000
A dryline triggered the development of severe thunderstorms in northwest Missouri on the evening of April 19. The storms were prolific hail producers, and multiple reports were received of golfball size 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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 37
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 dryline triggered the development of severe thunderstorms in northwest Missouri on the evening of April 19. The storms were prolific hail producers, and multiple reports were received of golfball size hail. A second round of thunderstorm development took place shortly before midnight. These storms not only produced large hail, but several of the storms also produced damaging winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
30 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 19, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Osborn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.367
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Plattsburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.567, -94.467
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 19, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Stewartsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.500
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 19, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, 2 mi E of Union Star
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.983, -94.567
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- April 19, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County, Easton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -94.433
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 19, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Osborn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.367
Hail, De Kalb
- When
- April 19, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County, Weatherby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -94.250
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 19, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 1 mi N of Gower
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -94.600
Hail, Clinton
- When
- April 19, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Cameron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -94.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Daviess
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess County, Gallatin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -93.967
Law enforcement officials reported 60 mph wind gusts in Gallatin.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 1 mi E of Melbourne
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -93.767
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which fell on a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Belton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.817, -94.533
An off-duty NWS employee reported 60 mph wind gusts in Belton.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 1 mi N of Grandview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -94.533
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:19 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Blue Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -94.283
Hail, Grundy
- When
- April 19, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, Trenton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.083, -93.617
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:21 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Grain Vly
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -94.200
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Oak Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -94.133
Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 4 mi N of Half Rock
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.317, -93.433
Hail, Sullivan
- When
- April 19, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County, 2 mi E of Newtown
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.383, -93.300
Hail, Grundy
- When
- April 19, 8:47 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, Dunlap
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.117, -93.483
Hail, Grundy
- When
- April 19, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, Laredo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.033, -93.450
Hail, Grundy
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, 7 mi E of Trenton
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.083, -93.483
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 19, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lexington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.183, -93.883
Nickel to quarter size hail and 60 mph thunderstorm winds were reported by law enforcement officials in Lexington.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 19, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Norborne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -93.683
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 19, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 2 mi W of Carrollton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.367, -93.533
Quarter size hail covered the ground west of Carrollton.
Hail, Schuyler
- When
- April 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler County, Lancaster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -92.517
Hail, Andrew
- When
- April 19, 11:04 PM CST
- Where
- Andrew County, Avenue City
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.883, -94.783
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- April 19, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County, St Joseph
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.767, -94.850
Highway Patrol reported quarter size hail in St. Joseph, and nickel size hail on Interstate 29 on the eastern edge of St. Joseph.
Hail, Harrison
- When
- April 19, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, Bethany
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.267, -94.033
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 20, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 1 mi N of Garden City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.583, -94.200
Law enforcement officials reported 60 mph wind gusts.
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- April 20, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Fayetteville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.883, -93.767
The sheriff's office reported utility poles down along State Highway 13 near Fayetteville.
Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 20, 12:37 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, 7 mi W of Princeton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -93.717
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- April 20, 12:37 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 3 mi SE of Odessa
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.967, -93.933
Odessa Police reported 65 mph winds southeast of town.
Hail, Mercer
- When
- April 20, 12:49 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County, Mercer
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -93.533
Thunderstorm Wind, Chariton
- When
- April 20, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Chariton County, 5 mi N of Salisbury
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.483, -92.817
A barn and shed were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Chariton
- When
- April 20, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Chariton County, 2 mi S of Mike
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.567, -92.967
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 19, 2000
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- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 19, 2000
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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: 5143685, 5143686, 5143687, 5143689, 5143690, 5140741, 5143691, 5143692, 5143693, 5143694, 5143695, 5140758, 5143697, 5143696, 5143698, 5143688, 5143699, 5140659, 5140660, 5140662, 5140744, 5140742, 5140743, 5140745, 5140661, 5140746, 5140747, 5140748, 5140749, 5140750, 5140751, 5140752, 5140753, 5140754, 5140755, 5140756, 5140757.