Hail, Howell
- When
- March 15, 4:18 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Howell County, Caulfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.617, -92.117
Hail in Missouri, March 15, 2002
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 Mar 15, 3:25 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:25 PM CST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 DIFFICULT FORECAST CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS TRANSITION PERIOD UNDERWAY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA. SHORT TERM CONCERNS RELATE TO SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH PRECIP/TEMP QUESTIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...AS MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INTERSECTS AXIS OF STRONG FRONTOGENETIC FORCING AROUND 800MB. STEEP LAPSE RATES ABOVE 800MB SUGGEST MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AS SFC-800MB LAYER REMAINS STRONGLY DECOUPLED IN MUCH COLDER/STABLE AIRMASS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP CLOUDS TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...WITH CLEARING SLOW TO OCCUR FROM NW TO SE. SURFACE HIGH WILL SLOWLY BUILD IN...WITH DECENT WEEKEND ON TAP FOR THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT CHILLY TOMORROW WITH A RETURN TO NEAR 60 BY SUNDAY. THE FORECAST GETS INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING IN THE MONDAY/TUESDAY TIME FRAME AS MODEL SOLUTIONS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SYSTEM POISED TO ENTER THE NW SEABOARD EARLY SUNDAY. OPERATIONAL AVN/MRF SOLUTIONS RAPIDLY SWEEP THE STORM SYSTEM DUE EAST ACROSS THE CONUS...WHICH WOULD BRING A QUICK BOUT OF PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY AS AIRMASS HAS LITTLE TIME TO MOISTEN. AM MORE APT TO BELIEVE THE SLOWER ECMWF/UKMET SOLUTIONS THAT DIVE THIS SYSTEM INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN US WITH SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING. THIS WOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE GULF TO OPEN UP AND A STRONG INFLUX OF WARM MOIST AIR. THE LATTER SOLUTIONS SUGGEST A MUCH DEEPER/NEGATIVE TILT SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA MAINLY ON TUESDAY WITH A STRONG LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER. WHILE THE AVN/MRF SOLUTION SEEMS UNREASONABLE... MY CONFIDENCE IN DPROG/DT TRENDS REMAINS QUITE LOW. WILL THEREFORE KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD TUESDAY/TUESDAY EVENING. CONTINUING THE ECMWF TRENDS... ANOTHER VERY POTENT SYSTEM FOLLOWS IN ITS WAKE WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF INCLEMENT WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY. WHILE TIMING OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT...WE ARE SURELY IN STORE FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MUCH NEEDED PRECIPITATION NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED. THANKS FOR COORDINATION FROM ALL THE NDFD SITES. ISC GRIDS OVER AND OUT. .SGF...NONE. BOOKBINDER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 15, 12:38 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1238 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM ROLLA MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 PHELPS EVENT DURATION 5
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
1205 PM EVERTON MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 DADE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR. EVENT
DURATION 5 MINUTES.Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-160100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... * HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT(S)... HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. * THREAT AREAS AND TIMING... SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO BOLIVAR TO OSAGE BEACH THIS AFTERNOON. * DISCUSSION... DESPITE COOL AIR AND OVERCAST SKIES...THE AIRMASS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG JET STREAM WINDS TO PROVIDE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE FAVORABLE FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IN SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS. EVEN SMALL HAIL CAN COVER THE GROUND AND MAKE ROADWAYS SLICK. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN OR HAIL THIS AFTERNOON. * SPOTTER ACTIVATION OUTLOOK... BECAUSE LOW CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION...SPOTTER DEPLOYMENT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. HOWEVER...PLEASE REPORT ANY OBSERVED HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. * EXTENDED OUTLOOK... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON MONDAY. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. BOOKBINDER THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF
Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:46 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
146 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1244 PM FAIR GROVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 GREENE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:48 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
148 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0144 PM FAIR GROVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 GREENE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:27 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
227 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 PM KIMBERLING CITY MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STONE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0218 PM PHILLIPSBURG MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 LACLEDELocal storm report, Mar 15, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
251 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0246 PM BUCKHORN MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 PULASKI REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 15, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 15 to 16, 2002
- Heat in Georgia, March 15 to 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 15, 2002
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 15, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, March 15, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 15 to 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 15 to 17, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 15, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 15 to 17, 2002
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 15, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 15 to 17, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2002
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: 5286171.