1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 May 11, 2:10 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 310 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 .DISCUSSION... IMPRESSIVE BOUNDARY HAS SET UP ACRS MIDWEST INCLUDING NRN MO EAST INTO CNTRL IL. TSTMS HAVE BROKEN OUT ALG OLD OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM LAST NIGHTS MCS AND NMRS STORMS HAVE HAIL IN THEM ALREADY. LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE NGT FOR SVR WX. HAD THOUGHTS OF A FLOOD WATCH FOR NRN COUNTIES BUT SOME OF THE MODELS HAVE THE FRONT RETREATING NORTH WITH PCPN ACTIVITY NORTH OF OUR AREA SO WILL WAIT SO SEE WHAT EVOLVES. DEEP CLOSD LOW OVR CNTRL ROCKIES FCST TO EJECT NEWD WITH A FEW SHORT WAVES LIFTING NEWD IN FRONT OF IT. SOME STORMS WILL BE SVR THIS EVE BUT 70 PLUS DWPTS HAVE BEEN POOLING ALONG THE FRONT AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE 1.25 TO 1.50 SO PCPN PRODUCTION WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT. TOO BUSY WITH SVR WX TO DISCUSS ADDITIONAL PERIODS ATTM. && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && PEDIGO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 315 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-121100- ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL- COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON- JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION- MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE- PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES- ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- 315 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR BOTH DAYS WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD STAND READY TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. CARNEY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
247 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 7 N COLUMBIA 39.06N 92.33W
05/11/2005 2.00 INCH BOONE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
LEMON SIZE HAIL
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CVKINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
253 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 PM HAIL 5 S COLUMBIA 38.88N 92.33W
05/11/2005 1.75 INCH BOONE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0251 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 N COLUMBIA 39.00N 92.33W
05/11/2005 BOONE MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
ROTATION WITH WALL CLOUD ON NORTH SIDE OF COLUMBIA.
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CVKINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
300 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0257 PM HAIL POTOSI 37.94N 90.78W
05/11/2005 1.00 INCH WASHINGTON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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CVKINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
313 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 N COLUMBIA 39.01N 92.33W
05/11/2005 BOONE MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
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CVKINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
318 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0317 PM HAIL META 38.31N 92.17W
05/11/2005 0.75 INCH OSAGE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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CVKINGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
325 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0324 PM HAIL MIDWAY 38.98N 92.45W
05/11/2005 0.88 INCH BOONE MO COUNTY OFFICIAL
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CVKINGThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management officials reported hail up to baseball size in Hallsville. Some roofs and automobiles were damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 2005
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: 5446779.