Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 6, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Eudora
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 37.483, -93.550
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, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:16 PM CST, 4 hours 34 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, 5 hours 50 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
Local storm report, May 6, 5:25 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
625 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0522 PM VERSAILLES MO WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03 MORGAN PACE RD MULTIPLE TREES
DOWN 18-20 INCHES ALSO
A BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
THIS IS BETWEEN ELDON
AND BARNETT. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.
0620 PM NEOSHO MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 NEWTON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 6, 5:30 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0627 PM 4 W PITTSBURG MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 HICKORY REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Special weather statement, May 6, 5:34 PM CST, 16 minutes before
MOZ057-058-068>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 634 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 276...IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT... DOUGLAS...GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE... MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...PHELPS... POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDE AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...ROLLA... SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON 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. LINDENBERG
Local storm report, May 6, 5:41 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
641 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0527 PM SGF DOWNTOWN ARPT MO 63 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/03 GREENE
0535 PM PINEVILLE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/06/03 MCDONALD REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0535 PM JANE MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 5:47 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM 6 E WAYNESVILLE MO WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03 PULASKI TREES DOWN ONTO
BUILDINGS WITH
INJURIES. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0547 PM MONETT MO .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/03 BARRY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 6, 5:49 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0544 PM SPRINGFIELD MO WIND DAMAGE
05/06/03 GREENE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
WITH 70 MPH WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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: 5360013.