Evening Severe Weather Outbreak

1. Date of activity:
   • April 30th 2003

2. Description of activity:
   • Skywarn was activated for a severe weather outbreak

3. Start Time:
   • 5:15 PM

4. End Time:
   • 1:15 AM (5/1)

5. Event Duration:
   • 8 Hours

6. Areas Involved:
   • All Of Our Skywarn Area

7. Served agencies:
   • National Weather Service
   • Grundy County Sherriff
   • Mercer County Sherriff

8. Describe Reports Sent to the served Agencies
   • Numerous Reports of hail and torndoes where reported to the NWS and local Sherriff's offices

9. Number of Amateurs participating
   • 6

10. List of amateurs participating
    • KBØRPJ - Grundy - Trenton - My Self Net Control (NCS) [0515p-0115a (5/1)] (8hr)
    • KBØZLC - Livingston - Chillicothe - Carl [0522p-0537pm] (.25hr) & [1028p-1102p] (.5hr)
    • KØMPT - Livingston - Chillicothe - Larry [0955p-1155pm] (1hr)
    • KCØIIE - Linn - Browning - Ed [1040p-1110pm] (.5hr)
    • KGØQD - Livingston - Chillicothe - Ken [1047p-1117pm] (.5hr)
    • KCØCXK - Linn - Marceline - Allan [1055p-1125pm] (.5hr)
    • NWØB - Linn - Brookfield - Jerry [1214a-1229am] (.25hr)

11. Person-hours of amateur service
    • 11.5 Hours

12. Estimated Person-Hours Cost ($10 per Person per hour)
    • $115

13. List Number and Frequencies/Calls Of Repeaters Used
    • 1
      • 147.225 - K0MPT - Chillicothe/Utica, Missouri

14. General Summary Of Events
    • ** SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK **
    • Widespread severe weather swept across northern missouri, The Storms fired around 430pm in far northwestern missouri, Numerous reports of severe weather were reported and realyed from ham and non-ham sources. Tornadoes were reported in parts of Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, and Clinton Counties. Severe thunderstorms effected Dekalb, Harrison, Daviess, Caldwell, Livingston and Mercer Counties through the night. The hardest hit area was Harrison county, where reports of up to Baseball sized were reported. along with three possible tornado touchdowns. At Least One person was hurt in mercer county when a car was blown off the road by a possible tornado.
    • Weather Reports from this storm were:
      • TORNADO @ 6N New Hampton [Harrison] (0704pm)
      • 2.75" Hail (baseball) @ New Hampton [Harrison] (0757pm)
      • Possible TORNADO @ Ridgeway [Harrison] (~0802pm)
      • Funnel Cloud @ Near Modena [Mercer] (~0820pm) [Funnel Observed from NCS, about 13NNW]
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ 5ESE Modena [Mercer] (0843pm)
      • 0.50" Hail @ Winston [Daviess] (0930pm) [Hail covering ground]
      • 0.75" Hail @ Chillicothe [Livingston] (1036pm)
      • 0.75" Hail @ Chula [Livingston] (1037pm)
      • 0.75" Hail @ Utica [Livingston] (1036pm)
      • 0.75" Hail @ Brookfield [Linn] (1100pm)
    • Reports Not sent by us:
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ Hatfield [Harrison] (0655pm) (Law Enforcement)
      • 1.75" Hail (Golfball) @ 6N Eagleville [Harrison] (0704pm) (Law Enforcement)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ New Hampton [Harrison] (0735pm) (Law Enforcement)
      • TORNADO @ 2W Edgerton [Clinton] (0735pm) (Spotter)
      • 1.75" Hail (Golfball) @ Plattsburg [Clinton] (0750pm) (Public)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ 9N Princeton [Mercer] (0757pm) (Law Enforcement)
      • Rotating Wall Cloud @ 5E Trimble [Clinton] (0800pm) (Ham)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ Lathrop [Clinton] (0800pm) (Ham)
      • 1.25" Hail (Half Dollar) @ 2W Lathrop [Clinton] (0802pm) (NWS)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ Clarksdale [DeKalb] (0826pm) (NWS)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ 4W Kingston [Caldwell] (0826pm) (Law Enforcment)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ Amity [DeKalb] (0838pm) (Law Enforcment)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ Maysville [DeKalb] (0846pm) (Law Enforcment)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ 10W Princeton [Mercer] (0846pm) (Law Enforcment)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ New Hampton [Harrison] (0855pm) (spotter)
      • TORNADO @ 3N Lemons [Putnam] (0855pm) (Public)
      • 0.88" Hail (Nickle) @ Stewartsville [DeKalb] (0911pm) (ham)
      • 1.00" Hail (Quaters) @ Osborn [DeKalb] (0920pm) (Law Enforcement)
      • 0.88" Hail (Nickle) @ 2W Cameron [DeKalb] (0926pm) (Ham)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ Gallatin [Daviess] (0935pm) (NWS)
      • 0.75" Hail (Penny) @ 2NE Cameron [DeKalb] (0945pm) (spotter)
      • 0.88" Hail (Nickle) @ Hamilton [Caldwell] (1000pm) (spotter)