Severe Weather - May 25th, 2004

Event Summary

A strong thunderstorm developed over southeast Camden county Tuesday afternoon as a slow moving cold front dropped southward through the area. The thunderstorm quickly intensified and began to show signs of strong midlevel rotation...which meant it had developed into a supercell thunderstorm.

As the storm moved into the Richland area, in Pulaski county, it produced hail up to the size of baseballs and winds approaching 80 mph. The thunderstorm continued moving eastward across central Pulaski and into southern Phelps and far northern Dent counties...producing large hail and damaging winds as it did so. Numerous trees were uprooted over southern Phelps and northern Dent counties.

Event Storm Reports

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...

A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST
CAMDEN COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORM
TRACKED EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN PHELPS
AND NORTHERN DENT COUNTIES. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY
TEAM WAS DISPATCHED TO THE RICHLAND MISSOURI AREA AND FOUND
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SOME UPROOTED.
IN ADDITION...MANY OTHER TREES WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR LEAVES BY HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. THE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT THE
DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY 70 TO 80 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT OF A TORNADO IN THE RICHLAND AREA.

AS THE STORM CONTINUED MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS PULASKI AND INTO
PHELPS AND DENT COUNTIES IT CONTINUED TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. TO THE SOUTH OF ROLLA NUMEROUS LARGE TREES WERE
UPROOTED WITH TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN DENT COUNTY AS
WELL.

BELOW IS A LIST OF ALL STORM REPORTS RECEIVED SO FAR TODAY...

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

0130 AM     HAIL             5 SE VERSAILLES         38.38N 92.77W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0132 AM     HAIL             10 S COLE CAMP          38.33N 93.20W
05/25/2004  0.88 INCH        BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0700 AM     FLOOD            4 E EDMONSON            38.32N 93.15W
05/25/2004                   BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WW HIGHWAY FLOODED/CLOSED IN THE BIG BUFFALO CREEK AREA.
            EXACT TIME FLOODING BEGAN UNKNOWN.

1000 AM     HAIL             WINONA                  37.02N 91.33W
05/25/2004  1.00 INCH        SHANNON            MO   PUBLIC

1206 PM     HAIL             3 W WARSAW              38.25N 93.43W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1215 PM     HAIL             1 E WARSAW              38.25N 93.36W
05/25/2004  1.00 INCH        BENTON             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

1229 PM     HAIL             EDMONSON                38.32N 93.22W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        BENTON             MO   PUBLIC

0225 PM     HAIL             MONTREAL                37.97N 92.60W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        CAMDEN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0236 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
05/25/2004                   PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED.  NUMEROUS VEHICLES
            DAMAGED. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0237 PM     HAIL             RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
05/25/2004  1.00 INCH        PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
05/25/2004                   PULASKI            MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH NUMEROUS
            TREES DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SHED. WINDS
            ESIMATED AT 70 TO 80 MPH. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.

0240 PM     HAIL             RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
05/25/2004  2.75 INCH        PULASKI            MO   NWS STORM SURVEY

            HAIL CAUSED DAMAGE TO CROPS AND STRIPPED SOME TREES OF
            LEAVES. REPORTED BY NWS STORM SURVEY.

0243 PM     HAIL             RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
05/25/2004  1.75 INCH        PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S JEROME              37.83N 91.98W
05/25/2004                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY J. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0315 PM     HAIL             BRINKTOWN               38.13N 92.08W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        MARIES             MO   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S ROLLA               37.87N 91.77W
05/25/2004                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH SOME TREES UPROOTED

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E LAKE SPRING         37.78N 91.59W
05/25/2004                   DENT               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 68.  ALSO DIME HAIL. REPORTED BY
            TRAINED SPOTTER.

0512 PM     HAIL             3 W LAURIE              38.20N 92.88W
05/25/2004  0.88 INCH        MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0535 PM     HAIL             LAKE OZARK              38.13N 92.63W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        MILLER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0628 PM     HAIL             VIENNA                  38.18N 91.95W
05/25/2004  0.75 INCH        MARIES             MO   PUBLIC