Missouri Hit by Wave of Severe Thunderstorms Overnight, Early Morning
Multiple severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds up to 60 mph and two-inch hail across Missouri overnight, with the latest warning issued early Wednesday morning.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Severe thunderstorms swept across Missouri from Tuesday evening through early Wednesday morning, bringing damaging winds, large hail, and prompting multiple warnings from the National Weather Service.
The most recent severe thunderstorm warning was issued at 3:56 AM CDT on June 12 for southeastern Missouri, where a storm near Dutchtown was moving east at 45 mph with 60 mph wind gusts and penny-size hail, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky.
Locations impacted by the early morning storms included Delta, Gordonville, Dutchtown, Whitewater, and Allenville. The warning remained in effect until 4:15 AM CDT.
Statewide Storm Activity
The severe weather began Tuesday evening with storms forming across western Missouri and moving eastward through the night. A significant storm produced two-inch hail near Clinton at 8:45 PM CDT Tuesday, prompting emergency management officials to report the dangerous conditions.
The National Weather Service in Kansas City issued multiple warnings throughout the evening for counties including Henry, Bates, Johnson, Pettis, Cooper, Howard, and Saline. Locations impacted included Clinton, Windsor, Green Ridge, Calhoun, Coal, Tightwad, and areas around Truman Lake.
St. Louis area communities also experienced severe weather, with storms affecting Valley Park, Manchester, Fenton, Murphy, Sunset Hills, Kirkwood, Crestwood, Oakland, Webster Groves, Marlborough, Green Park, Lakeshire, Shrewsbury, Mehlville, Affton, St. George, and Lemay. Interstate 44 was impacted between exits 272 and 277.
Hail and Wind Damage Expected
The storms produced varying sizes of hail throughout the evening, ranging from penny-size to ping pong ball-size, with the largest two-inch hail reported near Clinton. Wind gusts consistently reached 60 mph across multiple storm systems, with radar-indicated sources prompting the warnings.
Emergency management officials confirmed several reports of severe weather conditions, particularly in the Clinton area where both ping pong ball-size hail and 60 mph wind gusts were documented at 8:35 PM CDT.
The National Weather Service warned residents to expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees from the high winds, while the large hail posed risks to vehicles and could injure people and animals caught outdoors.
Severe Weather Watches Extended
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 314 remained in effect until 9:00 PM CDT Tuesday evening, covering multiple counties across Missouri and one county in Kansas. The watch included cities such as Adrian, Belton, Boonville, Brunswick, Butler, Carrollton, Clinton, Concordia, Fayette, Glasgow, Harrisonville, Higginsville, Keytesville, Lexington, Marshall, Moberly, New Franklin, Odessa, Pleasant Hill, Raymore, Rich Hill, Salisbury, Sedalia, Warrensburg, and Windsor.
Flooding concerns persisted along several Missouri rivers, with the National Weather Service maintaining flood warnings for the North River at Palmyra, where moderate flooding was occurring with a stage of 18.2 feet as of Thursday morning.
The storm system moved through Missouri as part of a broader weather pattern affecting the central United States, with most severe weather activity concluding by early Wednesday morning as storms moved eastward out of the state.
