Hail in Missouri, March 29, 2004

Name: Hail in Missouri, March 29, 2004
Start: 2004-03-29T15:00
End: 2004-03-29T15:00
Location: Missouri

March 29, 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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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Mar 29, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

.DISCUSSION...
THREE DISTINCT SHORTWAVES AND ASSOCIATED LINES OF CONVECTION WERE
SWINGING AROUND THE BASE OF A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.S.  THE FIRST BAND OF CONVECTION HAD EXITED SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON BUT ANOTHER MORE INTENSE LINE OF STORMS WAS
PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE KANSAS BORDER. THE STORMS WERE FIRING IN
RESPONSE TO STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE INSTABILITY INDUCED BY
THE MID-UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL.  A RELATIVELY LOW FREEZING LEVEL WAS
AIDING HAIL DEVELOPMENT SEVERAL OF THE STORMS.

THE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND EVENTUALLY CUTOFF OVER
THE RESULTING IN BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE SLIDES INTO THE AREA. LAPSE RATES WILL NOT BE
AS STEEP AND EXPECT ANY THUNDER TO BE ISOLATED.  LOW LEVEL COLD AIR
ADVECTION WILL INCREASE TUESDAY WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES DROPPING
BELOW ZERO. EXPECT STRATUS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON
WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO REACH THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.

THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY AS A
BLOCKING PATTERN SETS UP. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 10 TO 15
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  SOME CONCERN OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
NIGHT BUT STRATUS COULD BE AN INHIBITING FACTOR. WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING BUT MAY NEED TO INCREASE THEM IN LATER
FORECAST IF CLOUD COVERAGE BECOMES MORE DEFINITE.

A WARMING TREND WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH PREVAILING CONDITIONS WILL BE
IFR...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE
SHOWERS. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES INTO THE 3
TO 5 MILE RANGE.  CEILINGS WILL MAINLY RANGE IN THE 4000 TO 6000
FOOT RANGE BUT LOWER TO NEAR 3000 FEET IN THE SHOWERS. THE COVERAGE
OF SHOWERS WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT.

FOSTER

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...NONE.
.KS...NONE.

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301200-
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.
100 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH PEA TO PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD CORE UPPER
  LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE
  UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
  HAZARD DUE TO A RELATIVELY LOW FREEZING LEVEL IN THE LOWER
  ATMOSPHERE. THE COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS
  EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND DECREASED INSTABILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  TEMPERATURES MAY DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE
  REMAINS UNCERTAIN...THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE
  PREPARED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THE OUTDOOR
  VEGETATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.  HOWEVER
  SOME STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL APPROACHING PENNY
  SIZE.  PLEASE RELAY YOUR HAIL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  SPRINGFIELD.
&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER
WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:08 PM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
208 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

0155 PM     HAIL             FULTON                  38.00N 94.72W
03/29/2004  0.75 INCH        BOURBON            KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:20 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
220 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

0219 PM     HAIL             CARL JUNCTION           37.18N 94.57W
03/29/2004  0.75 INCH        JASPER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:34 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
234 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

0230 PM     HAIL             (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT   37.15N 94.50W
03/29/2004  0.75 INCH        JASPER             MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:44 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
244 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

0230 PM     HAIL             CARL JUNCTION           37.18N 94.57W
03/29/2004  0.75 INCH        JASPER             MO   PUBLIC

Local storm report, Mar 29, 2:56 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
256 PM CST MON MAR 29 2004

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

0230 PM     HAIL             NEOSHO                  36.87N 94.37W
03/29/2004  0.75 INCH        NEWTON             MO   PUBLIC

0240 PM     HAIL             SENECA                  36.85N 94.60W
03/29/2004  1.75 INCH        NEWTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WET SOFT HAIL

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Newton

When: March 29, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Newton County, 5 mi W of Neosho
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.867, -94.450

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 Missouri in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, March 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: 5389127.