Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 19, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Fosterburg
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 38.967, -90.067
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in the Fosterburg area.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 19, 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 Jul 19, 1:30 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:30 AM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 230 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 MCS ACRS NW MO BEGINNING TO ROLL SEWD IN LN WITH THICKNESS. RUC FCSTS SGNFNT 850 THETA-E ADVCTN AND MSTR CNVGC FM CNTRL IA INTO NE MO ATTM. FEW CELLS WERE DVLPG ACRS CNTRL IA DURG PAST HR OR SO IN RESPONSE. COOD SEE A REPEAT OF WED'S WX WITH DVLPMNT DURG THE DAY ALG OUTFLOW BNDRY FM CURRENT CONVECTION. MESOETA'S QPF LOOKS RNSBL THRU THE PD WITH ANTHR MCS EXPCTD TNGT. SYSTM SHOOD THEN ROLL SEWD AND AFFCT MUCH OF CWA ON FRI. MODELS PICK UP ON MCV BY NOON WITH SGNFNT PVA FCST ACRS MUCH OF AREA DURG THE AFTN. LKLY POPS ACRS MST OF AREA FOR A START FOR TODAY WITH HIEST POPS ACRS NE MO FOR THIS MRNG. ETA'S TIME CROSS SECTS IN REGARD TO VV LOOK LIKE WNTR. .STL...NONE
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:30 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
- Rip Current in Delaware, July 19 to 22, 2001
- Heat in Texas, July 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, July 19, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 19 to 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 19, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, July 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: 5258452.