TornadoLookup

Home / Missouri / Mississippi

Hail in Mississippi County, Missouri

Hail May 8, 2025 · Mississippi County, Missouri

1.75 in
Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hail to the size of golf balls fell just northeast of Wilson City.

The wider storm

A 500mb trough extended from Quebec southwest to the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers around midday and pushed slowly eastward through the afternoon. At the surface, a weak surface low tried to lift northeast through west Kentucky, as surface high pressure built slowly southeast across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. The greatest instability was a bit elevated with MUCAPE values of 1000-2000J/kg, which resulted in meager effective shear of 25-30kts. A pair of thunderstorms developed around 1200CST and quickly produced large hail and funnel clouds from the Sikeston area to just south of Cairo, Illinois in Mississippi County.

Began near Wyatt (36.9346, -89.1951).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1260313. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.