Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- July 31, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County, Prairie du Rocher
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -90.100
Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 31, 1999
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew off the roof of a double wide mobile home.
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
- $15,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew off the roof of a double wide mobile home.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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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- Heat in Arkansas, July 31, 1999
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- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 31, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, July 1999
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: 5718419.