1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Aug 27, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 305 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003 .DISCUSSION... RADAR IS STARTING TO LIGHT UP THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEARLY STATIONARY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EXTENDING FROM BOLIVAR TO WEST PLAINS...AND FROM JASPER TO BEAVER LAKE...PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDING THE PLATEAU. 8 BIT REFLECTIVITY SHOWS MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PUSHING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS AWAY FROM STORMS WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOCUS CONVECTION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RAPID SCAN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IS ALSO HELPING TO SEE FINER DETAILS OF CUMULUS SUCH AS SHADOWS FROM TOWERING CUMULUS NEAR WEST PLAINS...AND SURFACE BOUNDARIES (MAINLY DEWPOINT GRADIENT) EXTENDING FROM AROUND NEVADA TO WEST PLAINS AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ALSO NOTICE THAT MESOSCALE VORT CENTER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SEEMS TO BE FINALLY MAKING AN EASTWARD PUSH. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES KEEPING STORMS GOING THROUGH AT LEAST MID EVENING. APPROACHING MCV MAY HELP TO KEEP STORMS GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFT ACCESS THIS TREND AND CONTINUE POPS IF NECESSARY. OTHERWISE ANOTHER MUGGY NIGHT AND WARM AFTERNOON TEMPS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED. WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPOINTS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL MO HAVE OPTED TO END HEAT ADVISORY THERE. DECENT SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF APPROACHING TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND REMAINING MOIST AIR SHOULD ALLOW SOUTHWEST ZONES TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AGAIN...SO WILL KEEP IT GOING ONE MORE DAY FOR WESTERN TWO TIERS OF OUR COUNTIES. WILL ALSO KEEP POPS IN FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS CAPES EXCEED 2000 J/KG AND MESOSCALE/MICROSCALE BOUNDARIES REMAIN OVER THE REGION. LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... UPPER RIDGE STILL APPEARS TO BREAK DOWN SLOWLY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SOME WEAK TROUGHING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE LATEST GFS CONTINUES TO KICK OUT GENEROUS QPF FRIDAY ALONG SURFACE TROUGH AS IT MOVES INTO THE OZARKS. WITH RELATIVELY WEAK FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS...HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT ENDING PRECIP AS SOON AS GFS DOES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...SO WILL LINGER POPS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT PER PREVIOUS FORECAST...WITH GRADUAL ENDING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS MAY ALSO HOLD UP THE COOLER AIRMASS...BUT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS/PRECIP...STILL SHOULD SEE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE BY FRIDAY. MORE SEASONABLE AND POSSIBLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES STILL APPEAR VALID FOR THE NEXT WORK/SCHOOL WEEK. && .AVIATION... WILL CONTINUE TEMPO STORMS THROUGH MID EVENING IN THE TAFS WITH CONVECTION ONGOING. NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE WINDS HIGHLY VARIABLE AROUND STORMS...AND HIGH BASED STORMS MAY PUT OUT BRIEF STRONG SURFACE WINDS. MAY ALSO SEE SOME LIGHT FOG LATE TONIGHT WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE/LIGHT SURFACE WINDS. && .SGF... MO...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY WEST OF A LINE FROM CARTHAGE TO NEVADA. TERRY
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 PM...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM. THE HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS KANSAS TO GREENFIELD...BETWEEN 1 AND 6 PM. DISCUSSION: THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL IN A FEW OF THE STORMS. THE HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS NEAR 100 DEGREES...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL PERSIST THURSDAY WITH HEAT INDICES AGAIN EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE ANTICIPATED SEVERE WEATHER. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF TERRY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1050 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1121 PM 3 NW BAXTER SPGS KS WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 CHEROKEE ROOF DAMAGE TO A
STRUCTURE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1105 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM AVA MO .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/03 DOUGLAS REPORT RECEIVED AT 405
PM. REPORTED BY VOLUNTEER
WEATHER OBSERVER.
0355 PM AVA MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 DOUGLAS POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.
0430 PM AVA MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 DOUGLAS CAR PORT WAS RIPPED OFF A
HOUSE AND BLOWN INTO A
WALMART PARKING LOT WHERE
IT STRUCK A CAR AND
TOTALED IT OUT. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.
0432 PM 2 S POWELL MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 MCDONALD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0505 PM 3 N HIGHLANDVILLE MO .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/03 CHRISTIAN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0510 PM 3 W MOUNTAIN GROVE MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 WRIGHT REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0543 PM HIGHLANDVILLE MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 CHRISTIAN TREE DOWNED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0600 PM SEYMOUR MO 1 INCH HAIL
08/26/03 WEBSTER REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0624 PM NORTHVIEW MO .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/03 WEBSTER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0700 PM LICKING MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 TEXAS TREES DOWNED ALONG WITH
COMMERCIAL SIGNS
DESTROYED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0700 PM STOTTS CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0726 PM 1 N CARTHAGE MO .88 INCH HAIL
08/26/03 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0727 PM COLLINS MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY .
0845 PM LA RUSSELL MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 JASPER TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1045 PM APPLETON CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 ST.CLAIR TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1121 PM 3 NW BAXTER SPGS KS WIND DAMAGE
08/26/03 CHEROKEE ROOF DAMAGE TO A
STRUCTURE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
204 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0150 PM 5 SW VERONA MO WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 LAWRENCE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
431 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0417 PM SPRINGFIELD MO 80 MPH TSTM GUST
08/27/03 GREENE SEVERAL LARGE TREES
UPROOTED ON THE WEST SIDE
OF TOWN. REPORTED BY
OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
436 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0410 PM SPRINGFIELD MO WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 GREENE SMALL TREES BLOWN ONTO
ROADWAYS. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0420 PM SPRINGFIELD MO WIND DAMAGE
08/27/03 GREENE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN (6+
INCH DIAMETER AND
LARGER). REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Pulse thunderstorms that developed over Springfield caused minor street flooding at the intersection of Division and West Bypass.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2003
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: 5336845.