Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- August 7, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Camden County, 10 mi NE of Climax Spgs
- Property damage
- $520,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -92.917
Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 2000
A microburst type system caused extensive damage near the 50-mile marker on Coffman Bend. Winds were believed to have been coming across the Coffman Bend peninsula at about 80 mph during the storm.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $520,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
A microburst type system caused extensive damage near the 50-mile marker on Coffman Bend. Winds were believed to have been coming across the Coffman Bend peninsula at about 80 mph during the storm. More than 20 docks were damaged or destroyed. A number of walkways were left twisted and turned, several boats were turned upside down, some tossed up on the shoreline. Estimated damage (20 Docks ~ 15,000/dock, 1 House ~ 75,000, 4 New Boats ~ 25,000/boat, 4 Older Boats ~ 10,000/boat, Marina ~ 5,000)
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:50 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
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 7 to 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5171570.