Hail in Missouri, March 12, 2006

Name: Hail in Missouri, March 12, 2006
Start: 2006-03-12T04:34
End: 2006-03-12T04:34
Location: Missouri

March 12, 2006 · NWS PAH · 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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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 3:39 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:39 AM CST, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
339 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE TODAY IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE INITIAL ROUND OF
ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.
FLOODING IS A ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE AS WELL.

LATEST WEATHER MAPS INDICATE A SURFACE BOUNDARY REFOCUSING OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA...ILLINOIS...AND MISSOURI...AIDED BY
THE ONGOING CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE MORNING CONVECTION EAST OF THE AREA
BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON...REFOCUSING NEW CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT WEST OF OUR IMMEDIATE AREA. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT
AT LEAST PARTIAL SUNSHINE MAY RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO
BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70S OVER MOST OF THE
REGION...WHICH IS JUST A FEW DEGREES FROM RECORD LEVELS.

AS A CORRIDOR OF 100+ KNOT MID-LEVEL WINDS SHIFTS EAST FROM THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT...LARGE-SCALE FORCING
FOR LIFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH AMPLE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE STORMS.
THIS COUPLED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ANTECEDENT RAINS WILL KEEP THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALIVE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
AND LOCATIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BORDERING THE OHIO RIVER.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...SHIFTING THE THREAT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST BY AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE...YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE ACTIVITY
COULD IMPACT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...NAMELY SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

BEHIND THE FRONT...MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN FOR
THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. EVEN SO...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR SEASONABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GENERALLY ACCEPTED A BLEND
OF GUIDANCE VALUES IN THE SHORT-TERM. ALTHOUGH...A HEDGE ABOVE THE
WARMEST GUIDANCE IS PREFERRED THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-
     CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-GRAVES-
     HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
     MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.

MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE
     GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-
     SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-
     GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-
     PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-
     WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-
     VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

RJP

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 12:13 PM CST, 16 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1213 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-121100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
1213 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND AGAIN
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WHILE A SLIGHT RISK EXISTS FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
WEST KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. AS EARLY AS 9 PM THIS EVENING...SEVERE STORMS MAY
BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT DAMAGING WINDS
AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD
EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT THE COVERAGE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
DECREASE WITH TIME OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAINS WITH THE STORMS WILL
ALSO AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. A
FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE FOUR
STATE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION LATE IN THE EVENING AND OVERSPREAD
THE ENTIRE AREA OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...AS THE STORM CLUSTERS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SOME LARGE
HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ONCE
AGAIN...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY NIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS
THEY ENCOUNTER...AS WELL AS ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

DRS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 12, 1:09 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
109 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0100 AM     HAIL             FREEMONT                36.95N 91.15W
03/12/2006  E1.25 INCH       CARTER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Mar 12, 1:48 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
148 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0130 AM     HAIL             1 N PIEDMONT            37.16N 90.70W
03/12/2006  E1.75 INCH       WAYNE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:16 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
316 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0315 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT VERNON            38.32N 88.91W
03/12/2006                   JEFFERSON          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE POLICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
            RESCUES ONGOING...VEHICLE SWEPT AWAY.

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:27 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
327 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0304 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MURPHYSBORO             37.77N 89.34W
03/12/2006                   JACKSON            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MURPHYSBORO POLICE REPORT STREET FLOODING IN NUMEROUS
            LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:37 AM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
337 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0332 AM     TSTM WND GST     PIEDMONT                37.15N 90.70W
03/12/2006  E58 MPH          WAYNE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PIEDMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WINDS 55-60 MPH WITH
            CARS BEING BLOWN AROUND.

&&

MIKEN

Local storm report, Mar 12, 4:32 AM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
432 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

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

0430 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FORT BRANCH             38.25N 87.57W
03/12/2006  M2.40 INCH       GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER RERORTED 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
            430 AM CST. THIS ADDS TO THE PREVIOUS TOTAL OF 5.50
            INCHES RECEIVED SINCE MARCH 1.

&&

MIKEN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cape Girardeau

When: March 12, 4:34 AM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau County, Jackson
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.383, -89.667

Gusts were measured from 45 to 55 MPH.

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, March 2006

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: 5493698.