Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Kampsville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -90.617
Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 7, 2000
Local law enforcement reported several trees down in Kampsville, Hardin, and Batchtown.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Local law enforcement reported several trees down in Kampsville, Hardin, and Batchtown.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Hardin
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -90.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- August 7, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Batchtown
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.033, -90.667
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 7 to 10, 2000
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 7, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, August 7 to 12, 2000
- Heat in Texas, August 7, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 7, 2000
- Wildfire in Wyoming, August 7 to 18, 2000
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, August 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 7, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2000
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: 5171002, 5171003, 5171004.