Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 30, 2001
Start: 2001-08-30T17:35
End: 2001-08-30T17:35
Location: Illinois

August 30, 2001 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 12:45 PM CST, 4 hours 50 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), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: August 30, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Pleasant Hill
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 39.450, -90.867

Amateur radio spotters reported some trees down in Pleasant Hill.

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

Every storm in Illinois in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5262915.