Hail in Missouri, May 25, 2006

Name: Hail in Missouri, May 25, 2006
Start: 2006-05-25T17:40
End: 2006-05-25T17:40
Location: Missouri

May 25, 2006 · 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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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 May 25, 4:47 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:47 PM CST, 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
547 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

.DISCUSSION...

...MESOSCALE UPDATE...
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS QUICKLY DEVELOPED AFTER 4 PM JUST SOUTH OF
THE DEW POINT BOUNDARY WHICH WAS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD INTO
SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE CAPES OF OVER 5000 J/KG WERE OCCURRING WITH
NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION.  STORMS WERE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AS THEY MOVE INTO UNDISTURBED AIR MASS.

LINDENBERG

...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

18Z SGF SOUNDING CONFIRMS THE HIGH INSTABILITY IN PLACE OVER THE
SOUTHERN OZARKS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 5600 J/KG CAPES AND NO
CINS.  IF WE HAD A DECENT TRIGGERING MECHANISM SEVERE STORMS WOULD
HAVE NO TROUBLE DEVELOPING QUICKLY.  FAIRLY SHARP DEWPOINT GRADIENT
FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE DEW POINTS WERE IN THE 50S TO THE
SOUTHERN MISSOURI OZARKS WHERE READINGS WERE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW
70S.  HOWEVER...SOUTHWARD PUSH OF BOUNDARY LOOKS VERY LETHARGIC AT
THIS POINT WITH MINIMAL PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY.
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FORCING PROBABLY ONLY LOOKING AT ISOLATED
CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS.  IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH
MAINLY LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND EXPECTED.  CERTAINLY EXPECTING MORE
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY TO BE CONCENTRATED FURTHER EAST WHERE UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE WILL HAVE MORE INTERACTION.

UPPER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO SOME CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO
36 HOURS AS UPPER LOW SHIFTS WELL EAST OF THE REGION AND RIDGE
BEGINS TO BUILD IN.  CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN THE HIGH
PLAINS WITH LOW LEVEL JET AND SURFACE BOUNDARY INTERACTION.  THIS
ACTIVITY COULD PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
TOWARD MORNING AND AFFECT THE WESTERN OZARKS DURING THE MORNING
HOURS FRIDAY.  TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY COULD BE IMPACTED BY POSSIBLE
MCS REMNANTS AND WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED.  HAVE CURRENTLY KEPT
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN QUITE WARM THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER
RIDGE IN PLACE AND 850 TEMPERATURES OF +20 TO +22 IMPACTING THE
CWA.  EXPECTING TO BE FAIRLY CAPPED THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND HAVE
KEPT CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.
AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL LIKELY APPROACH RECORDS ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY...SEE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW.

UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE CWA FOR MUCH OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK WITH MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TO THE WEST WITH
SURFACE BOUNDARY IN THE PLAINS.  KEPT LOW POPS GOING THROUGH THE
PERIOD MAINLY FOR POSSIBLE AFTERNOON/EVENING INSTABILITY CONVECTION.

LINDENBERG

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 00Z TAFS...CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL
FORECAST POINTS AT JLN/SGF AND BOUNDARY WAS SHIFTING THROUGH THESE
LOCATIONS AS OF 2230Z.  CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHWARD MOVING BOUNDARY THIS EVENING WITH CLEARING SKY BEHIND THE
BOUNDARY.  STILL UNSURE ON EVOLUTION OF POTENTIAL MCS OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS THIS EVENING...BUT COULD SEE SOME CONVECTION TOWARDS MORNING
OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.  HAVE LEFT CONVECTION OUT
OF TERMINALS FOR NOW AND BROUGHT IN SOME MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER.

LINDENBERG

&&

.CLIMATE

UPPER RIDGE AND WARM 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO NEAR RECORD
HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND.  HERE ARE THE CURRENT RECORDS FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS...

                MAY 26      MAY 27    MAY 28

SPRINGFIELD    92/1953     88/1911    89/1911
JOPLIN         94/1953     89/1991    92/1983
WEST PLAINS    95/1953     90/1962    89/1962
ROLLA/VICHY    92/1953     90/1905    91/1962

MMT/LINDENBERG

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:46 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
446 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261100-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
446 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
    HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER.
    DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
    AND HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED STORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD
  TO SALEM LINE THROUGH THE MID EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND
  AHEAD OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY SEPARATING DEW POINTS FROM THE
  MID 50S TO THE LOW 70S.  EXTREME INSTABILITY DEVELOPED OVER
  THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON WITH RECORD
  BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS.  THE
  DEW POINT GRADIENT WILL INTERACT WITH THE HIGH INSTABILITY
  TO PRODUCE THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE MID EVENING.

  THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE
  GIVEN THE VERY HIGH INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA.  LARGE HAIL
  AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OUT IN THE PLAINS TONIGHT
  AND PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  LATE TONIGHT.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
  LIMITS BUT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE
  ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH.  AFTER A DRY
  WEEKEND...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE
  MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE MID TO LATE
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THE MID EVENING OVER SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI.

&&

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)

LINDENBERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 5:03 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
603 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0603 PM     HAIL             2 SSW HIGHLANDVILLE     36.91N 93.29W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CHRISTIAN          MO   PUBLIC

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:09 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
609 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0606 PM     HAIL             4 N CRANE               36.96N 93.57W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       STONE              MO   PUBLIC

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:14 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
614 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0613 PM     HAIL             PONCE DE LEON           36.88N 93.35W
05/25/2006  E1.00 INCH       STONE              MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:16 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
616 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0553 PM     HAIL             3 NE MONETT             36.95N 93.89W
05/25/2006  M1.75 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:27 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
627 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0627 PM     HAIL             NIXA                    37.04N 93.29W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHRISTIAN          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SRUNNELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:34 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0632 PM     HAIL             5 S NIXA                36.97N 93.29W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CHRISTIAN          MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

SRUNNELS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lawrence

When: May 25, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, 2 mi E of Friestatt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 37.017, -93.883

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, May 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: 5508853.