Hail, Ripley
- When
- May 13, 1:06 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County, 3.5 mi S of Naylor
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.530, -90.610
Golf-ball size hail was observed along Route 142.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 2011
An isolated severe thunderstorm occurred ahead of a closed 500 mb low moving east across Missouri. A weak surface low was located over central Illinois, with a cold front trailing southward across the Mississippi Valley.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm occurred ahead of a closed 500 mb low moving east across Missouri. A weak surface low was located over central Illinois, with a cold front trailing southward across the Mississippi Valley.
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 May 13, 2:21 AM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:21 AM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 321 AM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW SEEN ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY...REACHING SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY 00Z. MAY HAVE TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE CALL ON POPS...AND DECIDE IF WE NEED TWO SIX HOUR PERIODS IN THE GRIDS FOR AM/PM. CONVECTION MAKING SLOW EAST PROGRESS TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS MORNING. THE MODELS HAVE SHOWN SOMEWHAT OF A DECREASING TREND WITH TIME AS IT MOVES EAST. LATER TODAY AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES...ENOUGH UPPER SUPPORT AND INSTABILITY SHOULD RESULT IN A REGENERATION OF COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS COVERS MOST OF THE AREA. MOST LIKELY SCENARIO IS HAIL AND STRONG WIND. WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL WIND MAX IS SEEN OVER THE AREA...THE LOWER LEVEL SHEAR IS MARGINAL. WILL LINGER A THUNDER MENTION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND SHOW A DECREASING TREND IN THE POPS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IN THE WAKE OF THE ACTIVITY TODAY. ONCE THE UPPER LOW PASSES BY SATURDAY...THE MODELS ARE QUITE VARIABLE WITH THE EXACT EVOLUTION OF THE H5 PATTERN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. REGARDLESS OF THE MODEL OF CHOICE...THE IDEA IS...WE WILL STILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CLOSED LOW JUST TO OUR EAST THROUGH MONDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE ON AND OFF CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND COOLER WEATHER. SHOULD THE NEW MODELS VERIFY...ENDING POPS IN THE EAST STARTING MONDAY NIGHT MAY BE A TAD TOO SOON. BUT WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES BEYOND MONDAY JUST YET. && .AVIATION... ANTICIPATE VFR CEILINGS AT THE START OF THE FORECAST PERIOD FOR ALL OF THE WFO PAH TAF SITES IN THE WAKE OF THE MESOSCALE HIGH PRESSURE INDUCED IN ADVANCE OF AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES TOWARD THE AREA THIS MORNING... DIURNAL CUMULUS BETWEEN 2.5-3.5KFT AGL SHOULD DEVELOP...YIELDING SCATTERED TO BROKEN MVFR CEILINGS FROM KCGI TO KOWB BETWEEN 15Z FRIDAY AND 00Z SATURDAY. BY THE TIME THE UPPER LOW IS CENTERED NEAR KPAH AROUND 09Z SATURDAY...IFR CEILINGS WILL ALREADY BE IN PLACE ALREADY DURING THE 06Z-12Z SATURDAY TIME FRAME FOR KCGI/KPAH/KEVV TAF SITES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 11:56 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-141000- 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- 1256 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...BRIEF TORNADO DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT ENTIRELY. THESE STORMS MAY HOLD TOGETHER AND AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION. THE SEVERITY OF THE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO DECREASE TO MINOR OR MODERATE OVER THE NEXT WEEK AT MOST LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE REGION SOUTH OF A PINKNEYVILLE TO SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS LINE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:20 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 120 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 MOZ110-114-131930- STODDARD-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NEW MADRID 120 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. ONE STORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR CAMPBELL MISSOURI EAST AT 30 MPH. THROUGH 2:30 PM...THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF DEXTER..BERNI...BAKER...PARMA...RISCO AND TALLAPOOSA. THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING OR RECREATING OUTSIDE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ripley
- When
- May 13, 1:06 PM CST
- Where
- Ripley County, 3.5 mi S of Naylor
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.529, -90.600
Small trees and a few power lines were blown down along Route 142.
Hail, New Madrid
- When
- May 13, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- New Madrid County, Catron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -89.720
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 13, 2011
- High Wind in Montana, May 13 to 15, 2011
- Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 13 to 14, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 13, 2011
- Flash Flood and Hail in Michigan, May 13, 2011
- Dust Devil in Arizona, May 13, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 13, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 2011
More
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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: 297840, 297844, 297843.