Missouri, 2002

Hail in Missouri, October 6, 2002

October 6, 2002 · NWS EAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 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
2

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 5, 1:15 PM CST, 14 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 1:15 PM CST, 14 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 12:00 PM CST, 15 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-061100-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DISCUSSION: A QUICK MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH KANSAS AND
MISSOURI TOMORROW MORNING BRINGING BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THE
REGION.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT TOMORROW...BUT A LACK OF MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT
STORMS FROM IGNITING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.  THE
REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

KOCH

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Platte

When
October 6, 3:30 AM CST
Where
Platte County, (Mci)ks City Intl Ar
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
39.300, -94.717

Hail, Clay

When
October 6, 3:40 AM CST
Where
Clay County, North Kansas City
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.150, -94.583

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

More

Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5320285, 5320284.