Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 2002
Start: 2002-05-07T18:30
End: 2002-05-07T18:30
Location: Missouri

May 7, 2002 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down near Stotts City along with quarter size hail near Mount Vernon.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 happened

The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.

Trees were blown down near Stotts City along with quarter size hail near Mount Vernon.

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, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO INCLUDE WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

FORECAST CONCERNS: FLOODING POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. CONFIGURATION OF
CWA WITH HIGHEST TSRA POTENTIAL.

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LATEST MCS OVERNIGHT HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WITH TEMPS APPROACHING 80 IN THIS AREA.
ELSEWHERE RAIN COOLED AIR HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE WITH ONLY
SOME DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTS SINCE NOON. RADAR INDICATED STORM TOTAL
PRECIPITATION ABOVE 1.5 INCHES IN A BROAD AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE
44. I WILL LIKELY ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A
MOUNT VERNON TO NEVADA LINE THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY WITH THE MAIN
EMPHASIS ON MODERATE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS....ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
LAKE OF THE OZARKS WHERE FLOODING IS ONGOING.

CONVECTION OVER CWA WILL LIKELY SHIFT NORTH AND EAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH THE NEXT FOCUS OUT WEST WHERE ANOTHER COMPLEX IS
DEVELOPING IN OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS. WATER VAPOR SHOWING ANOTHER IN
THE SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN
TEXAS. THIS WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER OVERNIGHT WITH THE INITIATION OF
CONVECTION SOMEWHERE NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF
SGF...AND ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE MORE SUNSHINE HAS
DESTABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE.

WILL LIKELY GO WITH PERSISTENCE FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. EARLIER ZONES HAD CHANCE OF
TSRA ON SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY. DUE TO SURROUNDING OFFICES AND HPC
DISCUSSION...WILL LIKELY UP THE TIME TO SATURDAY AFTN AND DROP
CHANCE MONDAY AFTERNOON. NO OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED WITH MINOR
TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SGF...
MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES MOZ055>058...
MOZ066>071...MOZ077>083...MOZ089>092...MOZ096>098...MOZ106.

KS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONE KSZ073.

JLT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 4:43 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
543 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0505 PM    EL DORADO SPGS            MO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CEDAR                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, May 7, 5:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
600 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0600 PM    SCAMMON                   KS   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CHEROKEE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, May 7, 5:35 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0630 PM    JOPLIN                    MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/07/02   JASPER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 7, 5:47 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0645 PM    CARTHAGE                  MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/07/02   JASPER                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0645 PM    CARTHAGE                  MO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   JASPER

Local storm report, May 7, 5:53 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0640 PM    NEVADA                    MO   FLOOD
05/07/02   VERNON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0640 PM    OSCEOLA                   MO   FLOOD
05/07/02   ST.CLAIR                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0645 PM    EL DORADO SPGS            MO   FLOOD
05/07/02   CEDAR                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0645 PM    HERMITAGE                 MO   FLOOD
05/07/02   HICKORY                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, May 7, 6:29 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0715 PM    2 E ELKTON                MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/07/02   HICKORY                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: May 7, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Stotts City
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.100, -93.967

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5294025.