Hail in Kansas, April 21, 2005

Name: Hail in Kansas, April 21, 2005
Start: 2005-04-21T17:10
End: 2005-04-21T17:10
Location: Kansas

April 21, 2005 · 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
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Wind
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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 Apr 21, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:51 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
351 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

.DISCUSSION...

INITIAL BAND OF CONVECTION MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MO IS LIKELY TO BE ONLY THE FIRST WAVE...AS NEW CONVECTION
IS ATTEMPTING TO FIRE ALONG COLD FRONT FROM FAR NE KANSAS INTO NE
OKLAHOMA. WILL KEEP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GOING THROUGH THE
EVENING AS COLD FRONT MOVES INTO UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. ETABUFR
SOUNDING IN FAR SE KANSAS SHOWS MLCAPES OF AROUND 2500 J/KG BY 00Z.
LARGE AREA OF THIS CAPE EXISTS IN THE -10 C TO -30 C LAYER...SO
THINK LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY. WIND PROFILES ARE NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL
AND RELATIVELY WEAK...SO TORNADIC THREAT IS LOW EXCEPT FOR THE
NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MO NEAR THE WARM FRONT WHERE A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. UP UNTIL 345 PM...CONVECTION
NEAR THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO AREAS JUST NORTH OF THE CWA
HOWEVER.

BAND OF CONVECTION NEAR THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY THROUGH
THE CWA TONIGHT. CHILLY CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL THEN BUILD RAPIDLY
INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. VERY TIGHT
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE WINDS LIKELY REACHING 20 TO 30
MPH TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

NEXT CONCERN IS WITH POTENTIAL FROST/LIGHT FREEZE. SATURDAY MORNING
WILL LIKELY SEE MID 30S IN SOME SPOTS...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL
LIKELY STAY UP ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD FROST. SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING ARE ANOTHER STORY...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS
DROPPING OFF. LOW TO MID 30S ARE LIKELY...AND SOME TRADITIONALLY
COLDER SPOTS COULD DROP JUST BELOW FREEZING. A FROST ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED.

EXTENDED FORECAST HAS LOW CONFIDENCE LEVEL WITH MULTIPLE SHORTWAVES
MOVING THROUGH. HAVE FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE FAIRLY CLOSELY AFTER
TUESDAY.

BROWNING

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...CUMULUS FIELD SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOSSOM THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SCT TO OCCASIONALLY BKN DECK AROUND FL030. POCKET OF
STRATUS/STRATOCUMULUS OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE JLN
AREA FOR A COUPLE HOURS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BKN-OVC CIGS NEAR
FL030 POSSIBLE. KEPT JLN TAF VFR BUT POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SOME
BORDERLINE MVFR CIGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AT THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AS THE
FRONT/DRYLINE MARCH ACROSS THE AREA. POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AT THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER KEPT
HAIL/WIND OUT OF THIS TAF ISSUANCE PENDING MORE DEFINITE
TIMING/INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 25KT
POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THIS TAF CYCLE. ROBUST COLD AIR STRATOCUMULUS
DECK SHOULD BLOSSOM FRIDAY MORNING ONCE THE SUN BREAKS OUT.

IZZI

&&

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

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221100-
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 CDT THU APR 21 2005

...SEVERE STORMS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH:
    HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS.
    DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
    VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
    AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
  LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT.

  MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO DEVELOP
  OVER EASTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING INTO WESTERN
  PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9 PM. STRONG TO
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER
  OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

  THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND AN
  ISOLATED TORNADO EXISTS WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE
  BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK
  DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS ALOFT WILL INITIALLY NOT
  BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS...HOWEVER ISOLATED STORMS
  COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

  OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
  WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. BY THEN...WINDS
  ALOFT WILL LIKELY HAVE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND WILL SUPPORT
  SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HAIL...IN
  ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN
  ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
  THIS EVENING.

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
  THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
  THE SEVERITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH SOME AFTER
  9 OR 10 PM...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO AROUND 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WILL
  REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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

  MUCH COLDER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  TEMPERATURES
  ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN
  INTO THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS
  WILL LIKELY PREVENT FROST FROM FORMING FRIDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING
  WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
  WIDESPREAD FROST.

  THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND
  TUESDAY...THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...AND
  WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED 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(ALL LOWERCASE)

BROWNING/IZZI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:46 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
446 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0443 PM     HAIL             AVA                     36.95N 92.65W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        DOUGLAS            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

IZZI

Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:47 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0445 PM     HAIL             2 S AVA                 36.92N 92.65W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        DOUGLAS            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER HAIL AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND AF

LD

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:52 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

MOZ071-212230-
PHELPS-
452 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
ST. JAMES TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUBA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF ROLLA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR ST. JAMES BY 505 PM CDT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

SAW

Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:01 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
501 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0500 PM     HEAVY RAIN       AVA                     36.95N 92.65W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        DOUGLAS            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1 OF RAIN FELL IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES.

IZZI

Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:10 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
510 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

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

0507 PM     HAIL             MANSFIELD               37.12N 92.58W
04/21/2005  1.00 INCH        WRIGHT             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED QUARTER HAIL

LD

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 4:19 PM CST, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
519 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

MOZ058-212245-
MARIES-
519 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARIES COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENNA...OR 13 MILES NORTH
OF ROLLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLE BY 540 PM CDT.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

SAW

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cherokee

When: April 21, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Cherokee County, 5 mi SW of Columbus
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.117, -94.900

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, April 2005

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: 5447301.