Hail in Scott County, Missouri
Hail November 18, 2025 · Scott County, Missouri
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Media received several reports of quarter size hail measured in Scott City.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Fornfelt (37.2183, -89.5231).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299874. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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