Hail, Webster
- When
- April 24, 9:09 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Diggins
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.167, -92.867
Hail in Missouri, April 24, 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:55 PM CST, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:55 PM CST, 7 hours 14 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, 6 hours 44 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, 8:14 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
914 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0914 PM 7 W OLIVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DALLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:18 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
918 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0909 PM 2 W CLIMAX SPGS MO FLOOD
04/24/03 CAMDEN WATER OVER HWY 7.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:19 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
919 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 AM 1 E SPOKANE MO WIND DAMAGE
04/24/03 CHRISTIAN TREE BLOWN DOWN,.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0540 PM MC CLURG MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 TANEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0548 PM SMALLETT MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0549 PM SMALLETT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0558 PM 2 S AVA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0559 PM 5 SW AVA MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0601 PM GOODHOPE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0604 PM AVA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0605 PM AVA MO 1.75 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.
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.
0624 PM 5 E SEYMOUR MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT HAIL COVERING GROUND.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0627 PM ICONIUM MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0650 PM IONIA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BENTON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0659 PM HARTVILLE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0659 PM QUINCY MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 HICKORY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0710 PM MOUNTAIN GROVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0710 PM MOUNTAIN GROVE MO 65 MPH TSTM GUST
04/24/03 WRIGHT TREES AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN.,REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0822 PM THAYER MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 OREGON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0827 PM COLLINS MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0829 PM BOLIVAR MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0830 PM BOLIVAR MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.
0834 PM BOLIVAR MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0834 PM 10 S GRAVOIS MILLS MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 MORGAN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0842 PM ELKTON MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 HICKORY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0843 PM WALNUT GROVE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 GREENE REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0846 PM 6 N ADONIS MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0852 PM MORRISVILLE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0901 PM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 GREENE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0909 PM 2 W CLIMAX SPGS MO FLOOD
04/24/03 CAMDEN WATER OVER HWY 7.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0912 PM OZARK MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0914 PM 7 W OLIVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DALLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:22 PM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
922 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0741 PM WASOLA MO FLOOD
04/24/03 OZARK ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS
ARE FLOODED. IN THE
WASOLA AND THORNFIELD
AREAS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:24 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
924 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0210 AM 1 E SPOKANE MO WIND DAMAGE
04/24/03 CHRISTIAN TREE BLOWN DOWN,.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0540 PM MC CLURG MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 TANEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0548 PM SMALLETT MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0549 PM SMALLETT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0558 PM 2 S AVA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0559 PM 5 SW AVA MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0601 PM GOODHOPE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0604 PM AVA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DOUGLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0605 PM AVA MO 1.75 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.
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.
0624 PM 5 E SEYMOUR MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT HAIL COVERING GROUND.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0627 PM ICONIUM MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0650 PM IONIA MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 BENTON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0659 PM HARTVILLE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0659 PM QUINCY MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 HICKORY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0710 PM MOUNTAIN GROVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0710 PM MOUNTAIN GROVE MO 65 MPH TSTM GUST
04/24/03 WRIGHT TREES AND LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWN.,REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0741 PM WASOLA MO FLOOD
04/24/03 OZARK ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS
ARE FLOODED. IN THE
WASOLA AND THORNFIELD
AREAS. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0822 PM THAYER MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 OREGON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0827 PM COLLINS MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0829 PM BOLIVAR MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0830 PM BOLIVAR MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.
0834 PM 10 S GRAVOIS MILLS MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 MORGAN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0834 PM BOLIVAR MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0842 PM ELKTON MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 HICKORY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0843 PM WALNUT GROVE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 GREENE REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0846 PM 6 N ADONIS MO 1 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0852 PM MORRISVILLE MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 POLK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0901 PM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 GREENE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0909 PM 2 W CLIMAX SPGS MO FLOOD
04/24/03 CAMDEN WATER OVER HWY 7.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0912 PM OZARK MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0914 PM 7 W OLIVE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 DALLAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Apr 24, 8:53 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
953 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM KELTNER MO .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 24 to 25, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 24, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 24, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, April 24, 2003
- Flood in Alabama, April 24 to 25, 2003
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 2003
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5373684.