Missouri, 2001

Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001

April 3, 2001 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 3, 10:55 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 10:55 AM CST, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1155 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

WARM FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM ABOUT FT. SCOTT TO LEBANON TO WEST
OF WEST PLAINS. BEGINNING TO SHOW UP RATHER WELL ON VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGE.  CONVECTION TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT HAS PRODUCED
SOME HAIL REPORTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA.

HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO LOWER AFTERNOON HIGHS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF
THE WARM FRONT.  BELIEVE CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN THERE.
HOWEVER...HAVE RAISED HIGHS TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHERE CLOUDS
HAVE MIXED OUT FAIRLY WELL THIS MORNING AND TEMPS HAVE ALREADY SHOT
UP INTO THE 70S.

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

GAEDE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:15 AM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1056 AM    IONIA                     MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   BENTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1205 PM    2 N BARNETT               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MORGAN                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:39 AM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1239 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....l

1214 PM    ELDON                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MILLER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Miller

When
April 3, 11:42 AM CST
Where
Miller County, St Elizabeth
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.267, -92.267

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5240435.