Hail, Greene
- When
- May 6, 7:05 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Springfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.300
Hail in Missouri, May 6, 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 May 6, 2:49 AM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:49 AM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 349 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE... HARD TO BELIEVE...BUT YET ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. LATEST MESOETA FORECASTS CAPES TO BE BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 J/KG OVER SE KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MO THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER NM MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE AREA. SRH IN THE 300 TO 400 RANGE...WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OF 10 TO 15 F. CAPES ARE NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT WE SAW SUNDAY...WHILE SRH IS JUST OVER HALF OF SUNDAYS 5 PM SGF LAUNCH. LCL HEIGHTS OF 5500 FT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN SUNDAYS 2200 FT VALUES...A NEGATIVE TOWARDS TORNADOES...BUT MAY LOWER TO AROUND 4000 TOWARDS EVENING. HUGE CAPES AND HIGH SRH VALUES SURELY WILL BE ENOUGH FOR SUPERCELLS. WHILE HIGHER LCL HEIGHTS SUGGEST ENVIRONMENT MAY NOT BE AS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AS WE SAW SUNDAY...COMPARISON TO THAT EXTREME EVENT MAY UNDER EMPHASIZE THE RISK. ENVIRONMENT IS STILL UNUSUALLY UNSTABLE FOR THIS AREA...WITH VERY HIGH SRH OVER A LARGE AREA. MODERATE RISK WARRANTED AND WILL HIT HARD IN THE HWO AND ALL OTHER APPROPRIATE PRODUCTS. ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS WEST COAST LONGWAVE SEEMS TO HAVE CONTINUOUS SOURCE OF SHORTWAVES TO RELOAD AND EJECT. A BREAK MAY COME WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE BOUNDARY IS PUSHED SOUTH INTO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL BE VERY TEMPORARY HOWEVER...AS STRONG SHORTWAVE EJECTS OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...FIRING OFF CONVECTION...POSSIBLY AN MCS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...ALONG THE 850 MB BOUNDARY WEDNESDAY NIGHT VERY NEAR US. THIS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING JUST IN TIME FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. MORE SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY WITH THIS FEATURE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY TO LINGER ACROSS REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO GOING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SEEM REASONABLE. AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH ABOUT TIMING OF CONVECTION TO REMOVE PRECIP FROM ANY SPECIFIC PERIOD IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. BROWNING
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:47 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 547 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING: VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ISOLATED TORNADOES AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER 1 PM...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AFTER 4 PM. DISCUSSION: A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. ALTHOUGH WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT AS STRONG AS WAS SEEN ON SUNDAY...VERY FAVORABLE DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR...OR TURNING OF THE WIND WITH HEIGHT...WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE STORMS TO BECOME LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS. EXTREME INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG UPDRAFTS WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. WITH SUCH STRONG TURNING OF THE WIND WITH HEIGHT...TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK ON WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF BROWNING
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 4:10 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
510 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 AM SENECA MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0504 AM SAGINAW MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0504 AM COLUMBUS KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 CHEROKEE HAIL COVERING GROUND.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 4:45 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0545 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0529 AM 3 W DIAMOND MO 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 5:12 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
612 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 AM DIAMOND MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 5:36 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
636 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0620 AM CARTHAGE MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 6:44 AM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0744 AM HALLTOWN MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 6:50 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 AM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 AM HALLTOWN MO 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:03 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 6, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 6, 2003
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 6 to 7, 2003
- Tornado in Georgia, May 6, 2003
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 6 to 7, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 2003
- Tornado in Illinois, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 2003
More
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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: 5357773.