Missouri, 2002

Hail in Missouri, May 12, 2002

May 12, 2002 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 May 12, 12:01 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:01 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
101 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BUSY EVENING/NITE COMING ACROSS CWA.  SGF RADAR
SHOWING FAIRLY STRONG TSRA OVER SE KS ATTM...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
WAITING FOR SVR TSRA BOX TO COME OUT ANY MINUTE.

CLOUDS COVERS ALL CWA WHICH HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S TO
MID 60S BEHIND THE FRONT. MAIN PROBLEM IS WHAT TO DO WITH FFA. WILL
KEEP CURRENT THINKING AS PREVIOUS SHIFT AND TRIM OFF THE NWRN ZONES
OF CWA AND PUT A LIKELY POP...BASED ON MESO ETA QPF FIELDS.  WILL
KEEP THE FFA FOR REST OF CWA FOR TONIGHT.  LOOKS LIKE EARLY MORNING
HOURS MOST OF THE UPPER SUPPORT (5H TROF) IS PUSHING EAST OF CWA.

WILL GO WITH BLEND OF ETA/MAV FOR TEMPERATURES.  NICE/MILD/DRY
WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST.

ANOTHER 5H TROF WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT CWA BY END OF NEXT WEEK...MADE
ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO CURRENT EXTENDED.

WILL SEND UPDATED AFD AFTER DETERMINE FFA GOES AND UPDATE ZONES FOR
NEW SVR WEATHER BOX.

SS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 3:47 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0430 PM    CHARITY                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02   DALLAS                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 12, 3:59 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
459 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0450 PM    GREENFIELD                MO   FLOOD
05/12/02   DADE                           HIGHWAY 245 AND 126
                                          FLOODED. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 12, 4:18 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
518 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0450 PM    ROLLA                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, May 12, 4:41 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
541 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0540 PM    BOLIVAR                   MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 12, 4:59 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
559 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0558 PM    LOCKWOOD                  MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   DADE                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 12, 5:01 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...AMMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
601 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002

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

0558 PM    LOCKWOOD                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02   DADE                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jasper

When
May 12, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Jasper County, 1 mi W of Sarcoxie
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
37.067, -94.133

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5294252.