Hail, Barry
- When
- July 13, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Barry County, Purdy
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -93.917
Hail in Missouri, July 13, 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 Jul 13, 11:00 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:00 AM CST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION/MORNING OBS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1200 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 .DISCUSSION... LATEST RUC STILL INDICATED THAT THE MAIN LIFT THAT HAD GENERATED THE STORMS THIS MORNING...WEAKENS BY 19Z...WITH ONLY WEAK BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER WHICH MAY GENERATE RE-DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER...AND WEST OF CASSVILLE AFTER 22Z. 25H WIND PROFILER AND UPPER DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET MAX...WITH TRANSLATE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...WHICH CONTINUES TO LESSEN THE THREAT OF STORMS BY 19Z. LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM...AS RIDGING AT 500 MB WILL TAKE HOLD OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. BY MID-WEEK...AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY/SUNDAY NEXT WEEK...THERE IS SOME INDICATIONS OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE REGION...BUT ITS TOO WEAK AND REGIONAL CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAY NEED TO WATCH HEAT INDICES AS 100 TO 105 DEGREES ARE LIKELY DURING THE WEEK. JLT && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS THE 80/70H MOISTURE ADVECTION/CONVERGENCE WEAKENS. MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON IS REDEVELOP AFTER 22Z...HOWEVER SHOULD BE CLOSER TO ARKANSAS BORDER WHERE THE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL REMAIN. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. JLT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:27 AM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 627 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING: BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT...TO BOLIVAR...TO HOUSTON LINE TODAY. DISCUSSION: A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE DRAPED ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER TODAY. WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...ALONG WITH WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY IN PLACE...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WITH WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILES...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THIS WEEK ALLOWING HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. ON MONDAY...HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH DEWPOINT VALUES IN THE LOWER 70S...WILL ALLOW THE HEAT INDEX TO EXCEED 100 DEGREES ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. MORE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT...TO BOLIVAR...TO HOUSTON LINE. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF SAW
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:11 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1011 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM ROCKY COMFORT MO 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 MCDONALD ONE INCH HAIL LASTED FOR
10 MINUTES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:21 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1021 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 AM WENTWORTH MO .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY .Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:33 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1033 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 AM PIERCE CITY MO 2.5 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:41 AM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1041 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 AM MONETT MO .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 BARRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 13, 9:51 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1051 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 AM 1 W MONETT MO 1 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 BARRY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:37 AM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1137 AM CDT SUN JUL 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1033 AM STOTTS CITY MO .75 INCH HAIL
07/13/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:03 UTC.
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
- Hail in Arkansas, July 13, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 13, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 13 to 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail in Michigan, July 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, July 13, 2003
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5376008.