Hail in Missouri, July 11, 2003

Name: Hail in Missouri, July 11, 2003
Start: 2003-07-11T20:23
End: 2003-07-11T20:23
Location: Missouri

July 11, 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 Jul 11, 7:35 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 7:35 PM CST, 48 minutes before

MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
835 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG THE GREATEST
85H THETA-MOISTURE AXIS AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE IN EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS...SOUTH/SOUTHWEST OF MCI/TOP. RADAR INDICATED TOPS OVER 50K
WITH STRONG ROTATION IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CELL IN THIS AREA.
HOWEVER...CAPES LOWER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS/WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AND SOME OF THE STRONGER CELL HAVE DECREASED IN OVERALL
INTENSITY AS IT MOVES INTO FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF BOURBON AND VERNON
COUNTIES. PROPAGATION CONTINUES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 KTS
WHICH TAKES TO BULK OF THE ACTIVITY INTO JOPLIN/SPRINGFIELD AREAS
BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM.

PROFILERS STILL INDICATE S/SW BETWEEN 15 TO 30 KTS BELOW 85H. ABOVE
85H WINDS VEER TO THE W/NW AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 KTS. DEEP LAYER
SHEAR WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WHICH MEANS ORGANIZED CONVECTION
WILL CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...LATEST
MODEL INFORMATION CONTINUES TO THREAT OF PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
INCREASING...AND DEEP MOISTURE POOLING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI
OVERNIGHT. THIS MEANS THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE FLOODING WILL HIGHLY DEPEND UPON
HOW THE COMPLEX OVER EASTERN KANSAS DEVELOPS DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AND HOW THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS FORMS OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...NONE.
.KS...NONE.

JLT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
645 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ISOLATED STORMS MAY
  CONTAIN:
    HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
    WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS 60 MPH.

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AN STRONG
  MOISTURE AXIS LINE FROM WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTH OF KANSAS
  CITY...TO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE
  SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE...AND BECOME MORE OF HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCER. MOST OF THE
  OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE IN THE THREAT AREA OVERNIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
  MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
  MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE GETS CLOSER
  TO THE AREA AND A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL
  COMBINED WITH MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITY AND LEAD TO FAVORABLE
  CONDITIONS FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT.

  IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR
  FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...BUT SOME
  LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TONIGHT.
  RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER OR
  MINOR FLOODING IN THE TYPICAL LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

  THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI TOMORROW. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
  ALONG THE BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW
  TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLOUD COVER AND SUBSEQUENT
  INSTABILITY...HOWEVER IF THE ATMOSPHERE DOES DESTABILIZE...WIND
  FIELDS WILL REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS
  YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ANYTIME THIS EVENING...BUT IS
  MORE LIKELY AFTER 9 PM OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS.

&&

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

JLT/IZZI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:02 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
702 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0558 PM    6 S WARSAW                MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0615 PM    2 E TUNAS                 MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   DALLAS                         TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          E. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0620 PM    FRISTOE                   MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BENTON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0625 PM    BENNETT SPRINGS           MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   LACLEDE                        TREE DOWN ON LARGE TENT.
                                          INJURIES. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0625 PM    BENNETT SPGS              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   LACLEDE                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:16 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
716 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0707 PM    3 N GROVESPRING           MO   .88 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   WRIGHT                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:04 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0800 PM    ST ROBERT                 MO   1 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:23 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0745 PM    4 SW BRINKTOWN            MO   WIND DAMAGE
07/11/03   MARIES                         TREES FELL ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          BB. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:45 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
845 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0845 PM    LICKING                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   TEXAS                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:49 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
849 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2003

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

0847 PM    MAPLETON                  KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/11/03   BOURBON                        REPORTED BY TRAINED STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, St. Clair

When: July 11, 8:23 PM CST
Where: St. Clair County, Lowry City
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.150, -93.733

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, July 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: 5373151.