Hail, Webster
- When
- May 7, 11:50 AM CST to 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Northview
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.283, -93.000
Hail in Missouri, May 7, 2002
A portion of a church's roof near Northview was blown off.
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
- $25,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A portion of a church's roof near Northview was blown off.
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 7, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1130 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002 UPDATED ZONES FOR AFTERNOON WORDING AND ONGOING CONVECTION WHICH IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN CWA. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH SGF WITH LITTLE OR NO CAP PRESENT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. EXPECT AT LEAST SOME CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE CALMING DOWN. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND WITH CURRENT TRENDS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT...EXPECT TO REISSUE A FFA OVER THE CWA BY THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE UPDATED EXTENDED ISC GRIDS. NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED. .SGF... MO...NONE KS...NONE JLT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 7:35 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
835 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 AM FT SCOTT KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02 BOURBON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 7, 7:54 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
854 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 AM HIATTVILLE KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/02 BOURBON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 7, 8:02 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
806 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM 2 N ROLLA MO FLOOD
05/07/02 PHELPS THE PUBLIC REPORTED E
HIGHWAY NORTH OF ROLLA
FLOODED AND IMPASSBLE.Local storm report, May 7, 8:22 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
922 AM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 AM 2 W NEVADA MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02 VERNON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 7, 11:19 AM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1219 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM 4 N DEDERICK MO FLOOD
05/07/02 VERNON HWY AA COVERED WITH
WATER. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
WWUS30 KSGF 071720
LSRSGF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1219 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM NEVADA MO FLOOD
05/07/02 VERNON UNDERPASS FLOODED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 7, 11:48 AM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1248 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM 1 SW OLIVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02 DALLAS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:49 UTC.
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
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7 to 11, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 7 to 8, 2002
- High Wind in Idaho, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5294015.