Hail in Missouri, May 2, 2002

Name: Hail in Missouri, May 2, 2002
Start: 2002-05-02T03:50
End: 2002-05-02T03:52
Location: Missouri

May 2, 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 2, 1:54 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:54 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
254 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS
CLEARED THE AREA WITH MUCH COOLER AIR MOVING IN ON BRISK NORTHERLY
WINDS.  HOWEVER...LATEST 88D VAD WIND PROFILE INDICATES THAT THE
FRONTAL SLOPE IS VERY SHALLOW...EXTENDING TO ABOUT 3000 FT
AGL...WITH MOIST UNSTABLE HIGHLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT ABOVE THAT.
CONTINUED INFLUX OF MOISTURE ALONG SUBTROPICAL JET PLUME...AND
STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET INDICATED BY 50 KNOT WIND AT 850MB ON
HASKELL OK PROFILER...SUGGEST THAT CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. WITH
ACTIVITY ROOTED WELL ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER...MARGINALLY SEVERE
HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY ORGANIZED CELLS.

OTHERWISE...LOW STRATUS AND DRIZZLE WILL HOLD STRONG UNDERNEATH THE
CONVECTION AS COLD AIR ADVECTION IS WINNING OUT OVER DRY AIR
ADVECTION. 925MB PROGS KEEP US PRETTY WELL SOCKED IN THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON BEFORE CLEARING COMMENCES FROM THE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP MID-HIGH CLOUDS POURING IN THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY...SO WILL SEE A TRANSITION IN CEILING HEIGHT RATHER
THAN CLEARING. STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW NORMAL TODAY...WITH AREAS SE OF SGF EXPERIENCING THEIR HIGH
TEMPERATURES AS WE SPEAK.

SURFACE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH A BRIEF
RESPITE FROM THE CLOUD COVER AS 500MB MOIST AXIS TEMPORARILY SHIFTS
SOUTH. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP OFF POSSIBLY INTO THE
UPPER 30S...ALTHOUGH THINK FROST CONCERNS HAVE ABATED.

500MB TROF AXIS THAT HAS BEEN PARKED ALONG THE WESTERN US FOR NEARLY
A WEEK WILL FINALLY BE KICKED OUT ON FRIDAY ACCOMPANIED BY A RATHER
POTENT VORT MAX. APPEARS THAT MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND UVVS WILL BE
SUFFICIENT TO SQUEAK OUT SOME LIGHT RAIN...WILL BEST CHANCES FURTHER
SOUTH. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS COVERING WESTERN AREAS LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...AND THE ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT.

LACK OF AN OVERALL PATTERN CHANGE SUGGESTS AN OVERALL UNSETTLED
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS LONG WAVE TROUGH RELOADS OUT
WEST. BROAD LEE TROUGH SETS UP ACROSS THE PLAINS WHILE AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR SOUTHEAST SUGGESTS THAT WE ARE RIPE FOR A DAILY
BARRAGE OF MCSS SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. WILL NOT MAKE ANY
CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME WHICH BASICALLY INCLUDES WARM
TEMPERATURES (MAXES UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S) WITH OCCASIONAL CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS/STORMS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO NAIL DOWN AT THIS
TIME.

ISC GRIDS 10-4. THANKS EAX/TUL FOR FORECAST COORD.

.SGF...NONE.

BOOKBINDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 9:57 PM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before

MOZ071-082-083-092-095>098-103>106-020500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1057 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 197 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THREAT FOR
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA.

Local storm report, May 1, 10:14 PM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1114 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2002

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

0638 PM    EXETER                    MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   BARRY                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0710 PM    CASSVILLE                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   BARRY                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0710 PM    CASSVILLE                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   BARRY                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0715 PM    7 N CAPE FAIR             MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   STONE                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0730 PM    REEDS SPG                 MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   STONE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0735 PM    4 N MOUNTAIN GROVE        MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0750 PM    TYRONE                    MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   TEXAS                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0750 PM    TANEYVILLE                MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   TANEY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0750 PM    TANEYVILLE                MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   TANEY                          1.5 INCH HAIL ALSO
                                          REPORTED AT 804 PM IN
                                          FORSYTH. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0754 PM    2 S SILVER DOLLAR CITY    MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   STONE                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0804 PM    FORSYTH                   MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/01/02   TANEY                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0820 PM    5 S AVA                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/01/02   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, May 2, 3:04 AM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
404 AM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

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

0335 AM    WILLARD                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   GREENE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0347 AM    5 NE SPRINGFIELD          MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/02/02   GREENE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF US65
                                          AND I44.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dent

When: May 2, 3:50 AM CST to 3:52 AM CST
Where: Dent County, 1 mi NE of Jadwin
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.500, -91.567

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

Every storm in Missouri in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, May 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: 5293896.