Thunderstorm Wind, Cole
- When
- August 7, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cole County, Jefferson City
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -92.180
Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 1999
A downburst caused extensive damage to several businesses in a strip mall on the west side of Jefferson City. A furniture store lost its roof resulting in the loss of almost all of the inventory inside.
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
- $1.0 million
- 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.
A downburst caused extensive damage to several businesses in a strip mall on the west side of Jefferson City. A furniture store lost its roof resulting in the loss of almost all of the inventory inside. A large department store sustained partial roof, window and door damage. Six other businesses in the strip mall had windows blown out or damage to doors. Several trees were also blown down across town with some vehicle damaged by the fallen trees.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:07 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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- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 7, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 7, 1999
- Heat in Louisiana, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 7, 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: 5718824.