Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- June 11, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, Fairview Hgts
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -90.000
Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 11, 1999
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew a large sign off the roof of a mall. Pieces of the sign blew onto the parking lot damaging at least 20 cars.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 a large sign off the roof of a mall. Pieces of the sign blew onto the parking lot damaging at least 20 cars. Trees and power lines were downed in the Belleville area.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- June 11, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, Belleville
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.520, -89.980
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1999
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- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 11, 1999
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- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 11, 1999
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: 5705161, 5705239.