Hail — Scott, Missouri

2025-11-18 · near Fornfelt, Scott, Missouri

Event narrative

Media received several reports of quarter size hail measured in Scott City.

Wider weather episode

A surface low drifted southeastward from Missouri through Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky during the evening hours of the 18th. Areas to the south with some afternoon clearing allowed for instability to develop, resulting in the formation of multiple clusters of storms that tracked southeastward. The most prominent of these clusters strengthened in far Southeast Missouri, moving across the Mississippi River into far Western Kentucky, at times developing embedded supercell structure. This cluster produced hail in Scott City but peaked near and just across the Mississippi River, producing a 61mph wind gust at Dorena. Effective bulk shear peaked at around 50kts near the Missouri/Kentucky border with DCAPE of 800J/kg to go along with the MLCAPE of over 1000J/kg. Precipitable water peaked at 1.3in.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1299874. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.