Hail in Wright County, Missouri

Hail to the size of hen eggs was reported in a mainly rural area.

Several supercells formed across southeast Kansas moved into and across southwest Missouri, bringing very large hail to the area. The most prolific hail-producing storm was a left-moving supercell that split as it moved into Barry County in Missouri, tracking north-northeast through Lawrence, Christian, Greene, Dallas, Webster, Laclede, and Camden counties, producing severe hail for two hours and twenty minutes.

This storm reached peak intensity as it reached Aurora and tracked across northwest Springfield, bringing a large swath of significant severe hail the size of baseballs (2.75 inches) to as large as 4.75 inches (slightly larger than a grapefruit, or around the size of a CD) across the Springfield metropolitan area. Hail was retrieved and measured at 4 inches in diameter at the NWS Springfield office, even after 30 minutes of melting. Widespread damage across the path of this storm was reported to vehicles, homes, businesses, vegetation, and utility infrastructure, including significant damage around the Springfield-Branson National Airport. An emu at Dickerson Park Zoo was killed by the hail, with another animal left in veterinary care, and numerous people were treated in area hospitals for injuries sustained from the hail.