Hail in Missouri, April 24, 2003

Name: Hail in Missouri, April 24, 2003
Start: 2003-04-24T17:35
End: 2003-04-24T17:35
Location: Missouri

April 24, 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.

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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 24, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

NEARLY STACKED LOW PRESSURE WAS MAKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY LINE CURVED INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND HAD SLOWED ITS EASTWARD
PROGRESSION DRAMATICALLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  ISOLATED CONVECTION
HAD DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI BUT DISSIPATED AS IT MOVED EAST INTO A MORE STABLE
AIRMASS.  TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE 50S UNDER THE CLOUDS AND AREAS
OF FOG ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BUT HAD CLIMBED INTO THE MID
70S AT JOPLIN.

CLEARING HAD TAKEN PLACE JUST AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE WHERE THERE WAS
A NARROW AXIS OF INCREASING INSTABILITY.  MODIFIED 18Z SOUNDING AT
SPRINGFIELD YIELDS CAPES AROUND 2100 J/KG.  LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY...AN APPROACHING VORTICITY LOBE AS DEPICTED BY
WATER VAPOR...AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL LIKELY INITIATE
CONVECTION ALONG THE DRY LINE BY 5 PM.  FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR AND 0-3
KM HELICITIES NEAR 400 SUPPORT SUPERCELLS.  IT STILL APPEARS THAT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EARLY EVENING WITH POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS
WILL LIKELY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET AND PUSHES EAST INTO
MORE STABLE AIR.

THE UPPER LOW WILL MAKES ITS WAY INTO WESTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. DEEP
CYCLONIC FLOW AND UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL WILL BRING SHOWERS BACK INTO
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS THE LOW
TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI.  THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN A RATHER
COOL DAY.

SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN SATURDAY AS THE UPPER
LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.  A SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER OF THE U.S. LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND CAUSE A FRONT TO
SAG SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY.  THIS BOUNDARY WILL
MEANDER ACROSS THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH
POSITION SETS UP ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S.  THIS WILL SET UP A
UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

FORECAST GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT.

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

FOSTER

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP
  TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
  AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
  AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM.  THESE STORMS WILL
  SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF
  A LINE FROM NEVADA...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO BRANSON.  THE POTENTIAL
  OF SEVERE STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS
  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  DISCUSSION:

  STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE
  AFTERNOON WHILE A DRY LINE PUSHES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  MISSOURI.  AN AXIS OF INCREASING INSTABILITY IN AN AREA OF CLEARING
  AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE WILL SUPPORT RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE PRIMARY
  RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE CLEARED OVER
  WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE
  THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING.  THE SEVERE
  STORM THREAT WILL LIKELY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...AND AS ACTIVITY
  MOVES INTO MORE STABLE AIR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A NEVADA TO SPRINGFIELD LINE.

&&

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

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:02 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
602 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0601 PM    GOODHOPE                  MO   .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:04 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
604 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0602 PM    APPLETON CITY             MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   ST.CLAIR                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

CRAMER

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:16 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
616 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0530 PM    2 W TOLEDO                MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   OZARK                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

CRAMER

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:23 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
623 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0604 PM    AVA                       MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0613 PM    AVA                       MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
628 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0624 PM    5 NW AVA                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   DOUGLAS                        HAIL BROKE WINDOW OF
                                          MOVING CAR AT HWY 14
                                          AND K. NO INJURIES
                                          REPORTED. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:33 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
633 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0624 PM    5 E SEYMOUR               MO   1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WRIGHT                         HAIL COVERING GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ozark

When: April 24, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Ozark County, Pontiac
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.517, -92.600

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

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: 5352242.