Hail, Crawford
- When
- June 12, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Arma
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.533, -94.700
Hail in Kansas, June 12, 2004
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 Jun 12, 4:15 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:15 PM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 515 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... TORNADIC SUPERCELL OVER EASTERN CHEROKEE/WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES HAS SHOWN SOME TENDENCIES TO WEAKEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF VOLUME SCANS AND HAS ALSO SHOWN SIGNS OF NOT MOVING QUITE AS DEVIANTLY TO THE RIGHT AS BEFORE. THE STORM CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT VERY STRONG ROTATION ALOFT BUT AS IT MOVES INTO THE MORE STABLE AIRMASS FURTHER EASTWARD INTO MISSOURI THE TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL BEGIN DECREASE. GIVEN THE STRONG ROTATION ALOFT AND TORNADIC HISTORY THE TORNADO WARNING WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO AT LEAST GOLF BALLS. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. KS...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:16 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 116 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131100- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD- DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE- LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS- POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK... PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. 116 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 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 DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH, LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE, ISOLATED TORNADOES, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AFTER 4 PM AND ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AFTER 7 PM. DISCUSSION: THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE UNDER SUNNY SKIES OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, AND PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PARSONS KANSAS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL LIKELY ACT AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION, AN VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL TRACK RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ACT AS AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS, HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE, VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AFTER 5 PM IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND AFTER 8 PM ELSEWHERE. BROWNING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:12 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>079-088>091-093>096-101>105-130200- BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-DOUGLAS- GREENE-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-OZARK-POLK-STONE-TANEY-VERNON- WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT... JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK... PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 312 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 449...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DOUGLAS...GREENE... JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OZARK...POLK...STONE... TANEY...VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...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 THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. IZZI
Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:47 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MC CUNE 37.35N 95.02W
06/12/2004 CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
0440 PM TORNADO 5 W CARL JUNCTION 37.18N 94.66W
06/12/2004 JASPER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AFThe radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 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 Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 12 to 13, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, June 12 to 13, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, June 12 to 13, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 12, 2004
- Flooding in West Virginia, June 12, 2004
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 12, 2004
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2004
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: 5404208.