Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001

Name: Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
Start: 2001-04-03T14:56
End: 2001-04-03T14:56
Location: Missouri

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

This is the continuation of the Hartville hail storm which produced baseball to softball sized hail in the extreme southwest part of Texas County. Damage was confined to local businesses, homes and cars.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $150,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.

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, 2:15 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:15 PM CST, 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

ABBREVIATED AFD DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA. FORECAST
CHALLENGE WILL BE TEMPS.  WARM FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF A FT. SCOTT
TO LEBANON TO WEST OF WEST PLAINS AT THIS TIME.  ELEVATED CONVECTION
SKIRTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN CWA EARLIER TODAY AND HAS NOW MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA.  SURFACE BASED CONVECTION DEVELOPED ALONG I-44 AND IS
CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH WRIGHT COUNTY.

SATELLITE AND AVN INDICATE A SHORTWAVE OVER NRN KANSAS AT 18Z
PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  SECOND SHORTWAVE
OVER TX PANHANDLE PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...WILL HIT MAX POPS ACROSS EASTERN CWA BUT
CARRY A CHANCE OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS REMAINDER WITH
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES IN VICINITY. HAVE MADE ONLY
MINOR TWEAKS TO CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE.  BIGGEST CHANGE WAS TO
DELAY COOLER AIR TO MONDAY IN EXTENDED.  WILL TREND SLIGHTLY COOLER
THAN MAV GUIDANCE.

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

GAEDE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:15 AM CST, 3 hours 41 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 hours 17 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.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1238 PM    SUNRISE BEACH             MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   CAMDEN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...

A WARM FRONT...EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO FORT LEONARD
WOOD...WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY.  AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...
AND INTERACT WITH THE WARM FRONT...TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY TO MODERATELY
UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.  STORM OUTFLOW COULD BECOME STRONG
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
LOCATED GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION...DECREASING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA.

GAEDE

Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:55 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
155 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

1202 PM    VERSAILLES                MO   FLOOD
04/03/01   MORGAN                         STREET FLOODING.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1242 PM    ST ELIZABETH              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MILLER                         DIME HAIL COVERNING THE
                                          GROUND.

1242 PM    ELDON                     MO   FLOOD
04/03/01   MILLER                         FLOODING  REPORTED NEAR
                                          ELDON. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0123 PM    VIENNA                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   MARIES

0142 PM    ST JAMES                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0145 PM    DOOLITTLE                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
0m4/03/01   PHELPS

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:26 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

MOZ069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-104>106-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
226 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 84...IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

CAMDEN...CHRISTIAN...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL...
LACLEDE...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...PULASKI...SHANNON...TANEY...
TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA...
BRANSON...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LEBANON...OSAGE
BEACH...OZARK...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL sINFORMATION.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Texas

When: April 3, 2:56 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 2 mi S of Cabool
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 37.100, -92.100

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

Every storm in Missouri in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, April 2001

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: 5239538.