Hail, Jasper
- When
- April 5, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Joplin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.083, -94.517
Hail in Missouri, April 5, 2005
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 Apr 5, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 5:56 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... QUESTIONS REMAIN ON COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. INITIALLY ACTIVE LINE OF MULTI-CELLULAR CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HAD EVOLVED INTO SCATTERED DISCRETE SUPERCELLS IN TULSA AREA...AND NOW HAS SHOWN A RAPID DOWNWARD TREND IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES AS STORMS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE WELL EAST OF DRYLINE FORCING SOME 70 MILES FURTHER WEST. PRIOR TO ANVIL OVERSPREAD...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THAT AN EXTENSIVE STABLE LAYER EXISTED OVER THE ENTIRE REGION AS DENOTED BY ELONGATED WEST-EAST CLOUD STREETS PERPENDICULAR TO LOW LEVEL FLOW. INITIAL PERUSAL OF 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS THAT SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT HAS ACTED TO REMOVE IMPRESSIVE INVERSION THAT WAS PRESENT ON THE 18Z SOUNDING...HOWEVER SOME DEGREE OF INHIBITION REMAINS. ABSENCE OF FURTHER HEATING AND HOMOGENEOUS DEWPOINT READINGS ALONG SSE TRAJECTORIES INTO MUCH OF ARKANSAS WOULD SUGGEST THAT LITTLE IF ANY THERMODYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL KINEMATIC FIELDS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS STRONG PRESSURE FALLS COMBINE WITH EXPECTED BACKING AS SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE SSE. DESPITE LARGE CURVING 0-2KM HODOGRAPHS...IT WOULD APPEAR UNLIKELY THAT THIS HELICITY WOULD SUPPORT TORNADIC STORMS GIVEN THE LACK OF AVAILABLE LOW LEVEL CAPE. FURTHERMORE...NAM/RUC SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BACK RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING AS STACKED LOW APPROACHES... SUGGESTING THAT STORMS MAY FURTHER WEAKEN AS UPDRAFTS BEGIN TO COLLIDE AND OVERALL FORCING DECREASES. ALSO FAVORING AGAINST TORNADIC POTENTIAL IS THE REALIZATION OF COLD CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS EMANATING FROM SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR WHICH REMAINS ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. OBSERVATIONS FROM EMPORIA KANSAS TO NE OKLAHOMA SHOW THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES WITH ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. IN SUMMARY...OVERALLS TRENDS WOULD SUGGEST THAT SUBSEVERE CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS MAY BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY A MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL THREAT OWING TO DIMINISHING MLCAPE AND BACKING UNIDIRECTIONAL SOUTHERLY FLOW WHICH WILL RAPIDLY REMOVE ANY POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING STORMS. EQUIPMENT: WITH STORMS NOW DIMINISHING...EXPECT THAT KSGF RADAR SHOULD BE BACK UP SHORTLY. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS...EL TECHS HAVE RECEIVED PARTS AND MAY HAVE RADAR BACK IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. .KS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM ALL ZONES. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:21 PM CST, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 721 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061100- 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. 721 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEWSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EXTREME SOUTHWEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DISCUSSION: INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A SURFACE DRYLINE OVER OKLAHOMA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED EAST INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER OVER THE OZARKS HAD LIMITED THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY PRESENT...AND THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHOWN AN OVERALL WEAKENING TREND. HOWEVER... AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR ALOFT AND MODEST WIND FIELDS MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH A LESSER THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS LATER THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY PROGRESSES OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS. BOOKBINDER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:19 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 219 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103-060200- BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-GREENE- HICKORY-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-POLK-ST. CLAIR-STONE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG... SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 219 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124 IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM CDT. A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS OF KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIATE ALONG A DRYLINE EXTENDING ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...AND EVENTUALLY AFFECT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI BY 6 PM. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. CRAMER
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:42 PM CST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 742 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ101-060130- CHEROKEE- 742 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAXTER SPRINGS...OR 16 MILES EAST OF CHETOPA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR SCAMMON BY 755 PM CDT. NEAR WEIR BY 800 PM CDT. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AL
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:51 PM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 751 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MOZ088-093-060130- JASPER-NEWTON- 751 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SENECA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR IRON GATES BY 810 PM CDT. NEAR JOPLIN BY 815 PM CDT. NEAR DUQUESNE BY 820 PM CDT. NEAR WEBB CITY BY 825 PM CDT. NEAR ORONOGO BY 830 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AL
Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:59 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.83W
04/05/2005 0.75 INCH CHEROKEE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
AFSpecial weather statement, Apr 5, 7:06 PM CST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 806 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ097-MOZ077-060145- BARTON-CRAWFORD- 806 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF WEIR...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRONTENAC BY 815 PM CDT. NEAR MINDENMINES BY 820 PM CDT. NEAR MULBERRY BY 825 PM CDT. NEAR LIBERAL BY 830 PM CDT. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AL
Local storm report, Apr 5, 7:11 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
811 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM HAIL CHEROKEE 37.35N 94.82W
04/05/2005 0.75 INCH CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
RUNNELSThe radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:15 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 Hail in Oklahoma, April 5, 2005
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 5, 2005
- Flash Flood and Flood in Texas, April 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, April 5, 2005
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 5, 2005
- Blizzard in Colorado, April 5, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 5, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 5, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 5, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 5, 2005
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 5, 2005
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 5, 2005
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5448594.