Missouri, 2001

Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 8, 2001

April 8, 2001 · NWS EAX · 10 events in 3 counties and zones

9 hail, 1 tornado, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
320 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNING
AREA THIS EVENING IS THE MAIN CONCERN.

SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON PLACES THE WARM FRONT
ALONG THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
80S AND DEWPOINTS NEAR 60...ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AND CAPPING IS
MINIMAL. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE LAYER IS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSOURI ACCOURDING TO THE CUMULUS FIELDS FROM THIS MORNING
AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS...BUT WITH OUT A LIFTING MECHANISM DO NOT
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT. THERE ARE TWO
FOCUSING MECHANISMS TO WATCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST IS THE
WARM FRONT IN SRN IOWA...THE SECOND IS THE INTERSECTION OF THE WARM
FRONT AND DRYLINE IN CENTRAL KS. CONVERGENCE IN BOTH AREAS HAS SHOWN
SIGNS OF INCREASING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. IF STORMS FIRE
NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN IOWA...STORM STEARING CURRENTS WILL
LIKELY TAKE CLUSTERS TO THE ENE AWAY FROM NRN MO. STORMS THAT FORM
IN NERN KS WOULD TRACK THRU NRN TIER OF MO. EXPECT SOME STORMS TO
FORM ON THE DRYLINE SO WILL POST HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS FOR NRN
COUNTIES AND TAPER POPS TO 20 SOUTH OF I-70.

STORMS THAT DO FORM HAVE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT TO BECOME SEVERE.
STRONG MIDLEVEL FLOW AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
SUGGEST A STRONG POSSIBILITY FOR SUPERCELLS. WILL WORD ZONES IN THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL POTENTIAL.

NEXT PRECIP CHANCES LOOK TO BE MON NIGHT AS THIS WARM FRONT LIFTS
INTO NRN MO ONCE AGAIN. MODELS INDICATE DEEPER MOISTURE LAYER SO
SHOWERS AND TSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AS LLJ INTERSECTS BOUNDRY. WILL
INCLUDE CHANCE POPS FOR SRN COUNTIES MON NIGHT AND GO LIKELY FOR
EVERYWHERE BUT NERN MO FOR TUES. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS OVER
REGION THRU WED AS UPPER LOW EJECTS. SO TUE AND WED LOOK LIKE A WET
COUPLE OF DAYS.

WILL MAKE FEW CHANGES TO ONGOING EXTENDED. MRF SUGGESTS SHORTWAVE
SAT THAT COULD TOUCH OFF SHOWERS.

.EAX...
KS...NONE
MO...NONE

KOCH

The radar

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Event by event

9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 6:49 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, Wilcox
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.400, -94.967

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 7:03 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, Pickering
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.450, -94.833

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 7:22 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, 2 mi W of Maryville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.350, -94.900

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 7:38 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, Quitman
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.367, -95.083

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 7:40 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, Maryville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.350, -94.867

Hail, Holt

When
April 8, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Holt County, Maitland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.200, -95.083

Tornado, Nodaway

When
April 8, 7:57 PM CST to 8:01 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, 3 mi NW of Parnell
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.467, -94.667

A storm spotter observed a tornado 3 miles northwest of Parnell that remained on the ground for 4 minutes, moving north. No damage was reported.

Hail, Nodaway

When
April 8, 8:08 PM CST
Where
Nodaway County, 5 mi S of Maryville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.283, -94.867

Hail, Holt

When
April 8, 8:34 PM CST
Where
Holt County, 3 mi N of Maitland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.250, -95.083

Hail, Worth

When
April 8, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Worth County, 1 mi SW of Sheridan
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.500, -94.633

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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

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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: 5243221, 5243222, 5243223, 5243224, 5243292, 5243219, 5243294, 5243293, 5243220, 5243295.