Hail, Polk
- When
- March 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Half Way
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.617, -93.250
Hail in Missouri, March 3, 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 Mar 3, 5:37 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:37 PM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 537 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... INTERESTING COLD SEASON CONVECTIVE SCENARIO SETTING UP FOR THE SHORT TERM. VIGOROUS MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE IS RIDING SSE THROUGH EASTERN NEB ATTM. THIS IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN KS AND WESTERN MO THIS EVENING. LIFT NOTED IN ADVANCE OF THE SHORTWAVE WITH AN AREA OF ENHANCED HIGH BASED CUMULUS/ALTOCUMULUS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NEB INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MO. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION IS NOTED...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS/SOUTHWEST MO WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 40S. WEAK WARM FRONT GETTING INCREASINGLY HARD TO DISCERN IN THE PRESSURE/WIND FIELD...BUT WEAK BOUNDARY INDICATED BY SFC DEWPOINTS EXTENDS FROM NORTH OF KCNU TO JUST NORTH OF KSGF/SOUTH OF KAIZ. WOULD EXPECT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS UPPER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE OVER AREA OF DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY SERVING AS THE AREA OF INITIATION OVER WEST CENTRAL OR NW MO/EASTERN KS. PROGGED ETA SOUNDING INDICATE STEEP LOWER AND MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WITH COLD AIR IN THE MIDLEVELS. SBCAPES NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE...BUT STILL RUNNING AROUND 600-900 J/KG THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SW MO. WHILE INSTABILITY IS FAIRLY LIMITED...VEERED WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT MAY ENHANCE UPDRAFTS TO SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO MO OZARKS EARLY THIS EVENING. LIMITED SEVERE CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING WITH LIMITED SFC BASED INSTABILITY. RAIN THREAT MAY LINGER OVER MY EASTERN COUNTIES INTO THE MORNING HOURS FRI...AS WEAK SFC BOUNDARY SAGS SE THROUGH THE AREA. STRONGER COLD PUSH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA FRI NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING. AREA WILL REMAIN IN LARGE SCALE BAROCLINIC ZONE WITH SHORTWAVES RIDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LARGER SCALE MIDLEVEL FLOW INTO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. DSA/RUNNELS LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY). . . MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE THE TIMING OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES/SURFACE FRONTS AND ASSOCIATED TEMPERATURES. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE MOISTURE AND STRONG SHORT WAVE ENERGY STAYING TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOOK MINIMAL FOR SATURDAY...SO KEPT IT DRY FOR NOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES COOLER THAN HIGHS ON FRIDAY. GIVEN CONTINUED RIDGING OVER WESTERN CONUS AND STRONG HUDSON BAY/NORTHEAST CONUS LOW...THE REGION WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLUENT TO NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS...THIS WILL LEAD TO DRAMATIC DAY-TO-DAY TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS. SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND QUICKLY DUE TO PROGGED RIDGING...WARM AIR ADVECTION IN THE LOW LEVELS...AND SURFACE WINDS BEGINNING TO BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE NEXT STRONG SHORTWAVE WRAPPING AROUND THE WEST SIDE OF THE HUDSON BAY LOW WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO MISSOURI ON MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION. THESE FEATURES COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS NEARING 50 DEGREES OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL BRING ABOUT THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. NAM/DGEX IS A BIT QUICKER THAN THE GFS WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT...SO WENT WITH A BLEND AND HAVE LOW END POPS IN THE GRIDS FROM 00Z MONDAY TO 00Z TUESDAY. GIVEN THE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW...MAY HAVE TO BRING PRECIPITATION IN A BIT SOONER THAN EXPECTED. THE SHORTWAVE WILL EXIT THE REGION LATE MONDAY...AS ANOTHER DAY OF RIDGING AND WARM AIR ADVECTION (WAA) WILL HELP TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY REBOUND NICELY BACK INTO THE 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES. THESE TEMPERATURES MIGHT BE TOO COOL GIVEN THE STRONG WAA IN THE LOW LEVELS. THESE MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED WITH SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS. MODELS SHOW ANOTHER SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT PAIR WILL AGAIN AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...KEPT SLIGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN GRIDS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NOW. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE LAST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BEFORE HUDSON BAY LOW REALLY STARTS TO MOVE SOUTHWARD...AND THIS WILL LIKELY COOL DOWN TEMPERATURES WHILE KEEPING US UNDER STRICTLY NORTHWEST FLOW. AL && .AVIATION DISCUSSION... FOR 00Z TAFS...CONVECTION HAS BEGUN ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. MAINLY SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH ONE MAIN THUNDERSTORM. WOULD EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SPREAD ACROSS BOTH JLN/SGF FORECAST LOCATIONS DURING THE EVENING WITH CEILINGS FROM 2500 TO 3500 FEET. HAVE ENDED PRECIPITATION TOWARDS THE LATE EVENING. SSL && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 9:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 905 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041200- 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. 905 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTH AND EAST OF A JOPLIN TO NEVADA LINE. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. LINDENBERG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:24 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 824 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ067-040330- ST. CLAIR- 824 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 820 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTROSE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWRY CITY BY 840 PM CST. NEAR OSCEOLA BY 855 PM CST. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:38 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 838 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ079-040345- POLK- 838 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY... AT 836 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRISVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 850 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ067-040345- ST. CLAIR- 850 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 846 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSCEOLA...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZED HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 9:14 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 914 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ068-040415- HICKORY- 914 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HICKORY COUNTY... AT 911 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEAUBLEAU...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE WEAUBLEAU...ELKTON...AND WHEATLAND. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 9:21 PM CST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 921 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ079-040415- POLK- 921 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY... AT 916 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEAUBLEAU...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOLIVAR BY 950 PM CST. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 9:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 945 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 MOZ079-040445- POLK- 945 PM CST THU MAR 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY... AT 941 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOLIVAR BY 950 PM CST. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SAW
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 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.
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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: 5436926.