1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:00 AM CST, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 AM CDT WED APR 24 2002 STRNG COLD FNT WAS PUSHG ACRS SE NEB ATTM AND JUST CLRD GRI. MODELS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE WITH POSITION OF FNT AS IT CLRS THE CWA BY EVE WITH FNT FCST TO LIE ACRS THE BOOTHEEL BY 00Z. POTENT S/WV WILL ROLL ACRS THE UPR MIDWEST TODAY WITH ETA AND AVN BOTH FCSTG H5 220 M HFC OVR WRN WI THIS EVE. FLOW FLATTENS OUT ACRS THE MIDWEST ON THU FOR A QUIET WX DAY. AVN BRINGS MSTR BACK INTO THE RGN WITH A VENGENANCE FRI NGT INTO SAT WITH STRNG S/WV FCST TO MOVE ACRS THE ST DURG THE DAY SAT. NGM, ETA AND AVN ALL FCST IMPRESSIVE VERT MTN TO DROP INTO NW MO BY 12Z AND INTO THE CWA BY NOON. ETAS TIME CROSS SECTS LOOK MORE WINTER LIKE THAN SPRNG LIKE WITH VERT MTN FIELD. ETAS SFC TEMPS ON 06Z UPDATE LOOK RNSBL AND WILL FOLLOW FAIRLY CLOSE. .STL...NONE
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail up to golfball size pounded Carrollton causing damage to automobiles and area roofs. Initial insurance estimates indicated at least $750,000 in damages.
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