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
Multiple hail reports, with measurements up to 2 in diameter, fell in Doniphan as a surging portion of a storm line moved through town. No hail related damage was reported from Doniphan.
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 Doniphan (36.6240, -90.8277).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1350013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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