Hail in Ripley County, Missouri
Hail April 28, 2026 · Ripley County, Missouri
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hail estimated to tennis ball size fell near Handy as a surging portion of a storm line entered northwestern Ripley County. No damages were reported.
The wider storm
With a west-east oriented boundary positioned through the Ozarks region of Missouri with low pressure positioned in Southwestern Missouri, a small but potent surging storm line pushed through Carter, Ripley, and Butler Counties mid-afternoon on the 28th. Large hail and winds in excess of 70mph were associated with this bowing segment as it dove east-southeastward from South Central Missouri into the Bootheel. A more intense pocket of wind known as a macroburst produced winds up to 100mph across portions of Ripley County from southeast of Doniphan to south/southwest of Naylor, uprooting dozens of trees and damaging several structures and multiple vehicles.
For the Carter-Ripley-Butler corridor, environmental parameters included: MLCAPE of 1000-2000J/kg, DCAPE of 500J/kg, very strong effective bulk shear of 60-70kts, and mid-level lapse rates of 6-7C/km.
Began near Handy (36.8090, -91.1069).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1349999. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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