Hail, Oregon
- When
- April 3, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oregon County, Thayer
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.517, -91.550
Hail in Missouri, April 3, 2001
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 20 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, 11:39 AM CST, 4 hours 56 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, 4 hours 35 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, 4 hours 35 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, 3 hours 40 minutes 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 PHELPSSpecial weather statement, Apr 3, 1:26 PM CST, 3 hours 9 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.
Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:16 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0154 PM ELKLAND MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WEBSTER REPORTED BY MEDIA.
0220 PM 2 S SAMPSON MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WEBSTER ALSO MEASURED 54 MPH
GUST. REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
0240 PM NIANGUA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WEBSTER REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0245 PM MARSHFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WEBSTER REPORTED RELAYED BY
MEDIA.
0245 PM GROVESPRING MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WRIGHT DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND. REPORTS FROM
OBSERVERS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0312 PM 9 S HARTVILLE MO WIND DAMAGE
04/03/01 WRIGHT SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE
REPORTED. POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
0314 PM 2 S HARTVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WRIGHT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0330 PM NORWOOD MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WRIGHT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0340 PM 2 S MOUNTAIN GROVE MO 2.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 WRIGHT REPORTED RELAYED BY
MEDIA.
0355 PM 3 E VANZANT MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 DOUGLAS
0356 PM 2 S CABOOL MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 TEXAS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0400 PM 10 SE VANZANT MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0420 PM POMONA MO 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 HOWELL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0425 PM 12 S WILLOW SPGS MO 2.5 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 HOWELL REPORTED RELAYED BY
MEDIA.
0443 PM WEST PLAINS MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01 HOWELL REPORTED RELAYED BY
MEDIA.
BOOKBINDERThe radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5239542.