Hail in Kansas, May 26, 2004

Name: Hail in Kansas, May 26, 2004
Start: 2004-05-26T23:49
End: 2004-05-26T23:49
Location: Kansas

May 26, 2004 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 6:10 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:10 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...
AFTER LOOKING AT 00Z SGF SOUNDING AND COORDINATION WITH SPC HAVE
DECIDED TO REMOVE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH.  00Z SOUNDING
SHOWS DECENT CAP DEVELOPING AROUND 800 TO 850 MB AS WARMER AIR
CONTINUES TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA AT THAT LEVEL.  HAVE ALSO
DIMINISHED POPS BACK INTO THE 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE FOR TONIGHT
WITH HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTH AROUND THE FRONT.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES NORTH OF A NEVADA TO SALEM LINE.
KS...NONE.

LINDENBERG

Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 7:55 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100-
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.
855 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
    LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...
    DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
    AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
  TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
  NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SALEM LINE. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
  MAINLY CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  DISCUSSION:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A
  LOW LEVEL JET ENHANCES CONVERGENCE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
  STALLED OUT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR DAMAGING
  WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...MAINLY BEFORE 11 PM.

  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO
  LOCALIZED FLOODING...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THURSDAY AND
  FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST BACK INTO THE REGION
  WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM MOVING
  THROUGH THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY WILL PROVIDE AN
  ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

DSA/IZZI

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 9:55 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 E GERSTER             37.95N 93.53W
05/26/2004                   ST.CLAIR           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED AT HIGHWAY TT ON HICKORY/ST. CLAIR
            COUNTY LINE.

BOOKBINDER

Local storm report, May 26, 10:43 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1143 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1140 PM     HAIL             BRANCH                  37.92N 93.00W
05/26/2004  1.00 INCH        CAMDEN             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

BOOKBINDER

Local storm report, May 26, 10:49 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1149 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1139 PM     HAIL             2 N TUNAS               37.88N 93.03W
05/26/2004  0.50 INCH        DALLAS             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

1144 PM     HAIL             3 N TUNAS               37.89N 93.03W
05/26/2004  0.88 INCH        DALLAS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

BOOKBINDER

Local storm report, May 26, 11:22 PM CST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1222 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1153 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 E URBANA              37.83N 93.13W
05/26/2004                   DALLAS             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FAMILY OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD PASS ALONG HIGHWAY D JUST
            EAST OF URBANA.

BOOKBINDER

Local storm report, May 26, 11:32 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1232 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1231 AM     HAIL             HIATTVILLE              37.72N 94.88W
05/27/2004  0.75 INCH        BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

BOOKBINDER

Local storm report, May 26, 11:46 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1033 PM     TORNADO          ROSCOE                  37.97N 93.82W
05/26/2004                   ST.CLAIR           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 INJ *** UPDATE. SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED. TRAILER
            TURNED OVER. 1 INJURY REPORTED...NO SPECIFICS AT THIS
            TIME. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

BOOKBINDER

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Crawford

When: May 26, 11:49 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, 1 mi N of Walnut
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.617, -95.083

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 Kansas in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, May 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: 5398166.