Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 6, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County, 7 mi S of Gravois Mills
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.217, -92.817
Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, 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, 1:16 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:16 PM CST, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 216 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 WARM MOIST AIR LIFTING NORTH AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST KS AND NORTHEAST OK. CAPES OFF 18Z SGF SOUNDING APPROACHING 4000 J/KG WITH HIGHER CAPES LIKELY BACK WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOSING INTO SE KS AND EXTREME SW MO WHERE DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 70S. THIS MOISTURE SURGE NORTHWARD IS ALSO DEPICTED NICELY ON VIS SAT IMAGERY BY CU FIELD OVER MY WESTERN COUNTIES. SMALL COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL KS AND WEST CENTRAL MO ALSO PUTTING OUT A LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY. WOULD EXPECT STORMS TO BE TRIGGERED OR DEVELOP SOUTHWARD OVER SOUTHEAST KS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY OR THE INCREASINGLY SHARP DRYLINE IN SOUTHEAST KS AND NORTHEAST OK. FLOW IS BACKED NORTHEAST OF THE LOW CENTER FROM THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD AREA NORTHWARD ATTM...AND WHERE LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS BACKED...AN ENHANCED TORNADO THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE...EITHER NORTH OF THE SYNOPTIC SCALE SURFACE WARM FRONT OR WHERE SMALLER BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM MORNING CONVECTION WILL ALSO ENHANCE HORIZONTAL VORTICITY. SYNOPTIC SCALE SHEAR PROFILE NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS PAST SUNDAY BUT GIVEN HIGH CAPES...SUPERCELLS...POSSIBLY TORNADIC...STILL A POSSIBILITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP INTO A LINEAR MCS THIS EVENING OVER THE OZARKS BEFORE PUSHING OUT OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH WILL GIVE US A BRIEF BREAK WEDNESDAY...BUT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL EJECT NORTHEAST WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER TX/OK PANHANDLES WED NIGHT. MCS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A SURFACE WARM FRONT OVER SE KS AND SOUTHERN MO LATE WED NIGHT AND THU MORNING. IF THE ATMOSPHERE RECOVERS SUFFICIENTLY THU AFTERNOON...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THU AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT. VOLATILE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES EJECTING FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL EJECT EAST-NORTHEAST OVER LATE SAT AND SAT NIGHT. USING PRIMARILY THE 00Z GFS...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TUE NIGHT. .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. DSA
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WEST OF A LINE FROM VERSAILLES TO GAINESVILLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BY 2 PM. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS INCLUDING THE ROLLA AND WEST PLAINS AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM THREAT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT IS FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH SOME TORNADIC SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FIRST IN COUNTIES ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST INTO THE OZARKS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE OZARKS WELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN BAND OF ORGANIZED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO BUFFALO TO FORSYTH THROUGH 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY 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 AND 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 DSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:01 AM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ073-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>082-089>092-094>098-105-106-061615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1101 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 264 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR ADDTIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND ADDTIONAL WATCHES ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF RELIABLE WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DSA
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 32...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DSA WWUS83 KSGF 061646 CCA SPSSGF KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH..CORRECTED FOR WATCH NUMBER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 269...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DSA
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:45 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH..CORRECTED FOR WATCH NUMBER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 269...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THE WIND PROFILE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE TORNADIC SUPERCELLS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DSA
Local storm report, May 6, 12:53 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
153 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 AM 3 W DIAMOND MO 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0540 AM DIAMOND MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0620 AM CARTHAGE MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 JASPER REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0744 AM HALLTOWN MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0750 AM HALLTOWN MO 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0805 AM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 GREENE AT NWS OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.
0809 AM BRONSON KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 BOURBON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0812 AM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 GREENE AT THE NWS OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.
0825 AM SPRINGFIELD MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 GREENE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0853 AM RICHARDS MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 VERNON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0853 AM 3 E DEERFIELD MO 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 VERNON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0920 AM FAIR HAVEN MO TORNADO
05/06/03 VERNON UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF
TORNADO NEAR TOWN. NO
DAMAGE REPORTED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0930 AM SCHELL CITY MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 VERNON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0940 AM 2 S TABERVILLE MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
1006 AM OSCEOLA MO 1 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY MEDIA.
1012 AM OSCEOLA MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 ST.CLAIR REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Special weather statement, May 6, 1:28 PM CST, 42 minutes before
MOZ056>058-069>071-081>083-092-096>098-105-106-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 228 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 272...IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: CAMDEN...DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER... MORGAN...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS...PULASKI...SHANNON...TEXAS AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE AVA...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LEBANON...OSAGE BEACH...ROLLA AND WEST PLAINS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DSA
Local storm report, May 6, 1:53 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
253 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0252 PM XENIA KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 BOURBON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
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The same day elsewhere
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- 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
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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: 5359591.