Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- August 30, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Carrollton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -90.417
The County Sheriff reported trees down, one which blocked a road near Carrollton.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 12:45 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 12:45 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 145 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001 COLD FNT CURRENTLY ACRS NW CRNR OF MO WILL PSH SEWD ACRS THE RGN TNGT AND ERY FRI. ETA NOT FCSTG AS MUCH CAPE AHD OF FNT AS WE HAD AVBL ON WED, BUT CNVCTN HAS INCRSD ACRS THE OZARKS AND ACRS NW PTN OF MO AHD OF FNT. LAPS DATA FM 18Z INDICATED SGNFNT CAPE AVBL ACRS NE OZARKS WITH CIN LONG GONE. LOW LVL CNVGC IN SAME AREA ALSO. EXPCT MST OF PCPN TO BE OVR BY NOON FRI AS MUCH DRIER AIR PUNCHES IN FM THE N. MODELS SMLR IN FCSTG KS <25 ACRS MOST OF AREA BY THAT TIME. MAV POPS LOOK RNSBL AND WILL TREND TWDS THESE. THIS WILL BE FAIRLY KAHNSISTENT WITH WEDS FCST. IN THE EXTNDD PD, THE MRF, ECMWF AND UK ARE FAIRLY SMLR FOR SUN MRNG WITH H5 S/WV SLIDING ACRS THE CNTRL PLNS WITH STRNG FLOW INTO THE PAC NW. MRF PICKS UP ON H5 TROF OVR LWR MS VALLEY ON LABOR DAY AND MOVES CLOSED LOW INTO THE ERN OZARKS BY WED MRNG. WITH 850 TEMPS FCST IN THE MID TEENS BY BOTH THE MRF AND ECMWF FOR THE WEEKEND, HI TEMPS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NRML. .STL...NONE
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 30, 2001
- Rip Current in California, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 30, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2001
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: 5262914.