Missouri, 2002

Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, May 25, 2002

May 25, 2002 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 1 county or zone

3 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
$1,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002

A COLD FRONT OVER SE MO AND NRN AR WILL PUSH INTO THE NW PART OF THE
CWFA THIS EVENING AND STALL OVER THE NRN CWFA TNT. EXPECT THIS
BOUNDARY TO WASH OUT ON SUN. SCT TSTMS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE CWFA
AND EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONT WELL INTO THE EVENING. STILL CANNOT
RULE OUT A SHWR/TSTM OVERNIGHT WITH THE FRONT OVER THE AREA. EVEN
THOUGH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE DYING ON SUN...EXPECT SCT TSTMS
FROM LEFTOVER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. WILL INCLUDE LINGERING POPS
IN THE S SUN EVENING.

A SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN DEVELOPS THIS COMING WEEK...SO TEMP VARIATIONS
WILL BE MINIMAL AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS. WEAK RIDGING WILL TAKE PLACE MON-TUE...SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH
IN THE WAY OF TSTM ACTIVITY. AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION
FROM THE W WED AND HANGS AROUND THROUGH FRI. SINCE MODELS ARE MORE
AND MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS SCENARIO...WILL INCLUDE PM TSTM POPS
WED-FRI. A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION NEXT WEEKEND...
SO EXPECT LOWER POPS AND HIGHER TEMPS BY DAY 7.

PRELIM VALUES...
MEM 67/83/67/86/68/86 332101
MKL 63/81/61/85/64/86 331101
JBR 62/82/63/85/65/86 331101
TUP 64/83/65/86/66/86 332101

.MEG...NONE.

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The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dunklin

When
May 25, 6:00 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, White Oak
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.333, -90.033

Hail, Dunklin

When
May 25, 6:15 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, Holcomb
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.400, -90.033

Hail, Dunklin

When
May 25, 6:35 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, Holcomb
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.400, -90.033

Flash Flood, Dunklin

When
May 25, 7:10 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, Clarkton
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some roads were flooded.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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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: 5300290, 5300291, 5300292, 5300293.