Hail, Boone
- When
- August 17, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 3 mi S of Ashland
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -92.267
Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 17, 2000
A severe thunderstorm swept through the Ashland area producing hail up to 1 1/2 inch and wind gusts to near 70 mph. Trees and power lines were downed across the area.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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 swept through the Ashland area producing hail up to 1 1/2 inch and wind gusts to near 70 mph. Trees and power lines were downed across the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boone
- When
- August 17, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Ashland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.767, -92.267
Hail, Boone
- When
- August 17, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 4 mi NE of Ashland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -92.217
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- August 17, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 4 mi NE of Ashland
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -92.217
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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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2000
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More
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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: 5173508, 5173509, 5173510, 5173511.