Hail, Atchison
- When
- February 29, 2:59 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison County, Tarkio
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.433, -95.383
Hail in Missouri, February 29, 2000
A dryline tracked across northern and western Missouri on the afternoon of February 29, triggering widely scattered thunderstorms. Dime to quarter-size hail was reported in several locations in northwest and north-central Missouri.
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 EAX wrote it up.
A dryline tracked across northern and western Missouri on the afternoon of February 29, triggering widely scattered thunderstorms. Dime to quarter-size hail was reported in several locations in northwest and north-central Missouri.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Holt
- When
- February 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 3 mi E of Corning
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -95.400
Hail, Holt
- When
- February 29, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, Mound City
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.133, -95.233
Hail, Clinton
- When
- February 29, 3:16 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, 2 mi S of Plattsburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.533, -94.467
Hail, Nodaway
- When
- February 29, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nodaway County, 5 mi E of Hopkins
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -94.717
Hail, Livingston
- When
- February 29, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County, Bedford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -93.383
Hail, Linn
- When
- February 29, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, 2 mi S of Linneus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -93.233
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5131309, 5131311, 5131312, 5131310, 5131315, 5131314, 5131313.