Hail in Missouri, August 9, 2004

Name: Hail in Missouri, August 9, 2004
Start: 2004-08-09T16:44
End: 2004-08-09T16:46
Location: Missouri

August 9, 2004 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Storm Spotters reported 1 inch hail in New London. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported nickel size hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.

Storm Spotters reported 1 inch hail in New London. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported nickel size hail.

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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
325 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2004

.DISCUSSION...
QUES THIS PKG TO BE CHCS FOR PCPN 1ST PD ASSOC WITH CDFNT CRSG FA
AND THEN TEMPS BOTH NR TERM AND XTNDD. MDLS INITIALIZED WELL AT 12Z
WITH SERIES OF VIG 500MB S/WVS MOVG SE OUT OF CTRL CAN INTO GT LKS.
500MB HI OVR SW US WITH RDGG NW WELL N INTO ERN AK. BY 60HRS L/WV
TROF RETROGRADES TO POSN FM WRN GT LKS S TO WRN GLF MEX WITH LONG
FETCH NLY FLOW FM ARCTIC TO NRN PLNS. THIS PTTN WL CONT TO ADVCT
MUCH BLO NRML TEMPS INTO RGN AT BGNG OF XTNDD INTO WKEND.

AT SFC CU FLD HAS DVLPD OVR NRN AND WRN ZNS IN AREA OF LL MSTR
CONVRNGC IN ASSOC WITH PREFRONTAL TROF. XPCT SUM WDLY SCT SHRA AND
EVEN ISOLD TSRA THRU THE EVE AS FNT APCHS. SFC WNDS BECM WLY TNGT
THEN NWLY ON TUE AS CAN HI BLDS INTO CTRL PLNS. SFC WV FORMS ON FNT
BY 36H AND SPREADS PCPN ACRS SRN ZNS. STG CAA IN LO LVLS AFT 36HRS
WITH 850MB TEMPS COOLING FM 16-17C AT 12Z TDA TO 5-6C BY 12Z THU.
SFC MAXES TO BE SUM 12-15 DEG COOLER THU FM TDA.

MDL TEMPS IN GD AGMT AND HAVE USED BLEND FOR NR TERM. GFS STIL
HAVING PROBS WITH QPF WITH FEEDBACK AND HAVE TENDED TWD ETA IN NR
TERM.

FOR XTNDD DRY PTTN TO CONT INTO ERLY WKEND WITH SLOW WRMG TWD NRML
TEMPS.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.

&&

WDB

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:55 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2004

MOZ018-019-026-101100-
KNOX-LEWIS-SHELBY-
355 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A SMALL PART OF
NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ027-034>036-041-042-
047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-101100-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-
COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-
JERSEY IL-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION-MARION IL-
MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-PIKE-
PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-
ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-
WASHINGTON IL-
355 PM CDT MON AUG 9 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE
LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

CARNEY

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ralls

When: August 9, 4:44 PM CST
Where: Ralls County, New London
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.583, -91.400

Hail, Ralls

When: August 9, 4:46 PM CST
Where: Ralls County, New London
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.583, -91.400

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

Every storm in Missouri in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, August 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: 5419673, 5419674.