Hail in Missouri, May 4, 2003

Name: Hail in Missouri, May 4, 2003
Start: 2003-05-04T11:41
End: 2003-05-04T11:41
Location: Missouri

May 4, 2003 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 4, 2:20 AM CST, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:20 AM CST, 9 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
320 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING OF PRECIP AND SVR WX.

HIGH CIRRUS PRESENTLY SHOULD QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO LOWER CLOUDINESS
TODAY AS A SIGNIFICANT S/WV APPROACHES THE FCST AREA. A CLOSED SFC
LOW IS ALSO PROGGED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. GFS/ETA ARE
FAIRLY SIMILIAR AS FAR AS OVERALL TIMING...WITH QPF DIFFERENCES.
HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST THAT TONITE SHOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR
POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...SVR WX CHANCES SHOULD PICK UP
ESPECIALLY AFT 00Z MON AS UPPER JET NOSES IN AND ATMOSPHERE
DESTABILIZES...AND A WARM FRONT SWEEPS NORTH THRU THE AREA. SEE
SWODY1 FOR DETAILS.

IT APPEARS NOW THAT AS THE UPPER/SFC LOW GRADUALLY MEANDERS ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND FILLS...THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MAY NOT MAKE
IT THRU THE FCST AREA TIL TUE...THUS LEAVING US IN SW LOW LEVEL
FLOW. GFS SHOWS THE TRANSITION OF SFC WINDS TO THE WEST MORE CLEARLY
THAN ETA...BUT IMBEDDED IMPULSES IN THE GENERAL FLOW WILL PROBABLY
COAX THE FRONT BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA FOR MUCH OF
THE WEEK. THE FIRST SUCH IMPULSE WILL BE MON NITE...WHICH SHOULD
RESULT IN HIER CHANCES OF TSTMS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO
RIVER...WITH A SLGT RISK OF SVR. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM
THE SOGGY WX FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TUE BEFORE THE NEXT...MORE
SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE CHARGES INTO THE FOUR STATE AREA OUT OF AR TUE
NITE/WED. THE GULF WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS A PAIR S/WVS IN
THE GENERAL SW TO NW UPPER FLOW HEAD ACROSS NRN PARTS OF THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY THU AND FRI. SAT MAY PROVIDE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY...BUT
NOT WITHOUT A LINGERING CHANCE OF PCPN.

AS FOR TEMPS...ONCE AGAIN MEX GUIDANCE IS SHOWING A WARMER TREND WED
THRU FRI ESPECIALLY FOR THE OVERNITE HOURS...WILL LEAN THE GRIDS
TOWARD THAT.

.PAH...NONE.

DB

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 4:15 AM CST, 7 hours 26 minutes before

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-051000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
515 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

...MODERATE RISK FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT TO THE WEST OF A PERRYVILLE TO DEXTER MISSOURI LINE.  A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE QUAD STATE.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
QUAD STATE THROUGH THE DAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.
INSTABILITY WILL INITIALLY BE TOO WEAK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
MORNING...BUT MAY INCREASE ENOUGH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

HOWEVER...AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA
THIS EVENING...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.  A FEW
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING.  HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM A SQUALL LINE AS THEY APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER BY MID EVENING.  SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE AND SOME LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS
THE QUAD STATE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE QUAD
STATE FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE REGION.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF THESE EVENTS WILL
NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY...THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING
PROBLEMS WILL INCREASE WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE EVENT THROUGH THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

DRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 10:24 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1124 AM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1120 AM    WICKLIFFE                 KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BALLARD                        REPORTED BY BALLARD
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

Local storm report, May 4, 10:32 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1130 AM    WICKLIFFE                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BALLARD                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS.  SPOTTER WAS AT
                                          THE 7 MILE MARKER ON HWY
                                          60 EAST OF WICKLIFFE

Local storm report, May 4, 10:33 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1133 AM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1130 AM    BARLOW                    KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BALLARD                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS.

Local storm report, May 4, 10:52 AM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1150 AM    RAGLAND                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1150 AM    GRAHAMVILLE               KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

Local storm report, May 4, 11:07 AM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1207 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1158 AM    MASSAC                    KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1201 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1203 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTERS

1204 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1205 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES.  SOME HAIL
                                          WAS NEAR BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL

1209 PM    PADUCAH                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mississippi

When: May 4, 11:41 AM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Bertrand
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.917, -89.433

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, May 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: 5352646.