Hail, Miami
- When
- September 26, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County, 4 mi E of Bucyrus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.717, -94.650
Hail in Kansas, September 26, 2003
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
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 26, 2:08 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 2:08 PM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 308 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT... IN THE SHORT TERM...A FRONT SLIDING SOUTH THROUGH MISSOURI AND KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON HAS SPARKED THUNDER STORMS ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY NORTH EAST THROUGH KIRKSVILLE. ELEVATED INSTABILITY HAS OVERCOME THE WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE TO PRODUCE THESE STORMS. THE SHEAR PROFILES AND DEEP LAYER MOISTURE INDICATE THAT THE STORMS PRODUCED WILL BE SQUALL LINES MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CURRENT TIMING...BASED ON PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...WILL CARRY THE STORMS OUT OF OUR WARNING AREA BY SUNSET. OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST WERE MADE. TEMPERATURES WERE ADJUSTED A LITTLE AS THE EAST CONUS TROUGH IS STILL PROGGED TO LOAD THIS WEEKEND WITH COOL CANADIAN AIR. NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. LONG WAVE TROUGH DIGS IN OVER GREAT LAKES...WHILE SERIES OF DISTURBANCES BRING RE-ENFORCING SHOTS OF COOLER AIR. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL WITH NO MAJOR CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. CUTTER/MJM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN CWA THIS MORNING SHOW THAT WAA IS ALIVE AND WELL. AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IS SORT OF IMPRESSIVE CONSIDERING THE MINIMAL MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS. AS FRONT APPROACHES...MOISTURE IS ON THE INCREASE WITH SOME DECENT COMPRESSIONAL WARMING. BOTH ETA/GFS GET THE FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF CWA A LITTLE FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FCST. SO MAIN CHANGES THIS ROUND HAVE BEEN TO SPEED FRONT UP A LITTLE AND INCREASE POP COVERAGE. UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT CURRENT CONVECTION WILL DO TO OUR CHANCES OF SEEING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STILL LOOKING AT THE BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT TO BE IN SOUTHEAST HALF OF CWA...WITH NORTHWEST CORNER PROBABLY MISSING OUT ENTIRELY. HAVE EDGED THE CHANCE POPS FARTHER NORTH TO AN I-35 LINE...DUE TO FASTER FRONT AND 50 DPTS ALREADY UP TO KMCI. THINK WAA WILL BE THE INSTIGATOR AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM LATE MORNING ON WITH SCATTERED ACTIVITY. SURFACE LI/S DROP TO ABOUT -4 AFTER 18Z WITH FRONT...SO MAY SEE SOME STRONGER STORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF I70. BEST STORMS PROBABLY JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA. DUE TO A 10 DEG WARMER START THIS MORNING AND H8 TEMPS NEAR 20...HAVE CONTINUED TO GO ABOVE GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY JUST TWEAKS FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE. LVQ .EAX... KS...NONE. MO...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 12:03 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-271100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 103 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL PRIMARILY THREATEN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO PRINCETON THIS AFTERNOON. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS INDICATE THAT THE STORMS THAT FORM IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI COULD BEGIN LIFE AS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH...AND THE STORMS MATURE...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FORM SQUALL LINES FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI EAST...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI BACK THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE FAST MOVING NATURE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CARRY THE STORMS SOUTH AND EAST...OUT OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AROUND SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO CARROLLTON TO PRINCETON THIS AFTERNOON && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/EAX OR HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. CUTTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 12:18 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ007-008-014>017-022>025-030>033-038>040-044>046-054-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 118 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 928...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ADAIR...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CHARITON...COOPER...DAVIESS...GRUNDY... HENRY...HOWARD...JOHNSON...LAFAYETTE...LINN...LIVINGSTON...MACON... PETTIS...PUTNAM...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SCHUYLER AND SULLIVAN. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOONVILLE... CHILLICOTHE...CLINTON...KIRKSVILLE...MARSHALL...MOBERLY...SEDALIA... TRENTON AND WARRENSBURG. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 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.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 1:57 PM CST, 35 minutes before
KSZ057-060-MOZ043-053-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 257 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 929...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BATES AND CASS. IN KANSAS: LINN AND MIAMI. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BUTLER... HARRISONVILLE AND PAOLA.
Local storm report, Sep 26, 2:00 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
300 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM 2 N BLUE SPGS MO .75 INCH HAIL
09/26/03 JACKSON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Sep 26, 2:28 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
328 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM ODESSA MO 1.5 INCH HAIL
09/26/03 LAFAYETTE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, September 26, 2003
- Tornado and Flooding in Ohio, September 26 to 27, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, September 26, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 26 to 27, 2003
- Hail in Illinois, September 26, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, September 26, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, September 26 to 27, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 26, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 26, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 26, 2003
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 26 to 27, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, September 26, 2003
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2003
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: 5337459.