Malta Bend, MO Hail Storm – June 2025

What Happened

A severe thunderstorm moved through Malta Bend, MO, on June 3, 2025, producing 1-inch hail and a radar plus spotter-verified warning at 3:31 PM CDT. Field reports later placed the storm path across Malta Bend, Marshall, and Slater into late afternoon.

The first spotter-verified damage report came at 3:28 PM CDT, when observers noted a machine shed with its side and door blown off, a snapped power pole, and multiple large limbs down. The report time was estimated from radar. A second report at 3:53 PM CDT described trees down in Marshall from social media photos and reports, also tied to radar timing.

By 3:57 PM CDT, spotters reported tree damage and power lines down. Around 4:06 PM CDT, additional reports came in near County Road 111 with downed wires and power outages, along with social media photos of downed trees in Slater. Another report at 4:23 PM CDT placed more downed trees in Slater, with timing confirmed from radar.

The storm did not produce a single isolated impact point. Reports spread across multiple towns along the same corridor in a short window, with radar and spotter observations lining up through the late-afternoon sequence.

Damage Assessment

The damage picture centered on tree fall, utility impacts, and a small set of structural losses. In Marshall, observers reported trees down. In and near Slater, spotters documented downed trees, downed wires, and power outages. Near County Road 111, the report of wires down and outages points to line impacts along the storm path.

The earliest field report was the most severe for structure-related damage. A machine shed lost its side and door, a power pole snapped, and multiple large limbs came down. That report came from the western part of the event sequence and fits with a fast-moving storm that produced brief but concentrated surface damage.

The 1-inch hail size in the warning matched the later field picture of tree and utility damage, but the reports do not show a broad, uniform swath of the same impact everywhere. Instead, the event left a mix of localized tree strikes, wire damage, and scattered structural issues across Malta Bend, Marshall, and Slater.

No report in this set described widespread roof failure or a large cluster of vehicle damage. The field evidence stayed focused on trees, limbs, power infrastructure, and one shed failure. The timing also suggests some reports were gathered after the storm had already passed, with several entries marked as estimated from radar.

What Contractors Should Know

This event followed a narrow late-afternoon path through west-central Missouri. The field reports cluster along the Malta Bend to Marshall to Slater corridor, with the strongest property impacts tied to trees, wires, and a damaged machine shed. Crews working this storm should expect debris in drive lanes, hanging limbs, and isolated utility hazards rather than a broad hail cleanup scene.