Hail in Missouri, April 19, 2003

Name: Hail in Missouri, April 19, 2003
Start: 2003-04-19T20:00
End: 2003-04-19T20:00
Location: Missouri

April 19, 2003 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 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 Apr 19, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
623 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

...UPDATED MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...

ENVIRONMENT OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AND BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DEWPOINTS AT CFV/JLN/GMJ NOW ALL IN THE LOWER
60S AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE. MODIFIED 21Z SOUNDING CFV/JLN
CONDITIONS YIELDS CAPE VALUES NOW IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG AND 0 CINH.

TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN OK HAS NOT
SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF WEAKENING AS OF 2319Z. LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION HAS
THIS STORM APPROACHING WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY BY AROUND 0Z OR
SHORTLY THERE AFTER.

DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THIS STORM ARE A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER THAN
WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY FEEDING ON...SO IT MAY BEGIN TO WEAKEN SOME AS
IT MOVES INTO KS. NDSK1 HAS WINDS AT THE FIRST GATE OFF THE GROUND
SSE AT 30KTS VEERING TO SW AT 40KTS AT 3KM. 0-3KM SHEAR IS VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF STORM SCALE ROTATION AND IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS
CURRENT INTENSITY THE TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL PERSIST.

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

IZZI

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 1:36 PM CST, 6 hours 24 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-201100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
236 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG A DRY LINE WILL
  MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
  THE MISSOURI OZARKS TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  EXTREMELY STRONG WIND SHEAR...COUPLED WITH AN INCREASINGLY
  UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND MOIST LOW LEVELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS
  FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
  TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. DUE THE THE UNUSUALLY STRONG VEERING
  WINDS AND MOIST LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE...STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES
  ARE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY
  THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  RAIN EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.
  SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  INTO THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  AND INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF

BROWNING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>091-094-200500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
715 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 134...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN KANSAS:

BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD.

IN MISSOURI:

BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS....GREENE...
HICKORY...JASPER....LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MILLER...MORGAN...POLK
...ST. CLAIR...VERNON AND WEBSTER.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA
ARE...JOPLIN...SPRINGFIELD...BOLIVAR
...CAMDENTON AND OSCEOLA.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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

JLT

Local storm report, Apr 19, 7:36 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
836 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

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

0835 PM    2 W PITTSBURG             KS   .88 INCH HAIL
04/19/03   CRAWFORD                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
900 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

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

0900 PM    MILO                      MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/03   VERNON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Vernon

When: April 19, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Vernon County, Milo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.750, -94.317

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, April 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: 5352696.