Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 5, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 5 mi E of Fredericktown
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -90.220
Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 5, 1999
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage along Highway J east of Fredericktown. A couple of homes had roof damage, a barn was destroyed, metal outbuildings destroyed and trees downed.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 caused damage along Highway J east of Fredericktown. A couple of homes had roof damage, a barn was destroyed, metal outbuildings destroyed and trees downed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 5 to 9, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 5, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 5, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 5698503.