Illinois, 2001Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 14, 2001
June 14, 2001 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 Jun 14, 3:03 PM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:03 PM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TSRA SHOULD CONT TO DVLP AND MOVE NEWD INTO CWFA TGT E OF CDFNT
EXTDG FM WRN IA SW THRU ERN KS TO SFC LOW OVR N CNTRL TX. CAPES
HAVE INCRSD OVR CWFA TO 3000 TO 4000 J/KG BASED ON 20Z LAPS DATA.
MSAS HAS SFC BASED LI INDICES OF -7 TO -8 AT 20Z. MSAS ALSO DEPICTS
BEST SFC MOISTURE CNVG E OF CDFNT ALNG TSRA OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN
SWRN MO AND IN NCNTRL MO AHD OF SQUALL LINE/BOW ECHO SYSTEM RACING
NEWD THRU NWRN W CNTRL MO. CONVECTION SHOULD DVLP AND INTENSIFY OVR
CWFA THIS EVNG AS SHRTWV TROF FM ERN SD SW THRU TX PNHDL MOVS E-NEWD
INTO REGION AND AS LOW-MID LVL SHEAR INCREASES AS 50-80 KT SWLY MID
LVL WND MAX OVR OK AND ERN PTNS OF KS AND NEBRASKA MOVS NEWD INTO
THE REGION. ETA MDL ALSO DEPICTS RELATIVELY STG UPR DIVERGENCE OVR
CWFA TGT IN RGT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPR JT STRK MOVG NEWD THRU THE
NRN PLAINS. ALTHOUGH ETA MDL STILL A LTL SLOWER WITH SEWD MOVEMENT
OF CDFNT TGT THAN AVN...EVEN ETA AND NEW MESOETA HAS PCPN E OF CWFA
BY 18Z FRI AS SHRTWV TROF AND CDFNT PUSH E OF AREA WITH RAPID CLRG
FCST FRI MRNG BY ALL MDLS. WITH FULL SUNSHINE EXPECTED FRI
AFTN...PREFER WRMR FWC GUIDANCE HI TEMPS FOR FRI. WILL INTRODUCE
CHC OF PCPN OVR NRN PTN OF CWFA IN THE EXTD FCST WITH ETA/AVN MDL
SHOWING WK SFC E-W FRNTL BNDRY ACRS NRN MO AND IA ALNG WITH LOW LVL
WAA AS EARLY AS SAT NGT.
.STL...NONE
GKS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:26 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
626 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
440 PM 5S EDINA MO WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 KNOX TREES DOWNED BLOCKING
HIGHWAY 15.
510 PM MAYWOOD MO WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 LEWIS TREES DOWNED.
525 PM QUINCY IL WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 ADAMS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. VEHICLES
DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Bethalto
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.900, -90.033
Thunderstorm wind gusts caused scattered damage across the Bethalto area. Trees and large limbs were downed across town many of which fell on vehicles causing damage. At least one garage was heavily damaged by a downed tree. Downed electric lines knocked out power to about 1000 people.
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, June 14, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 14, 20013 injured · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2001$300,000 · F1 · 27 events
- Wildfire in California, June 14 to 20, 20016 injured · $150,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 14, 2001$91,000 · F0 · 57 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 14, 20012 injured · $305,000 · 78 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 20012 injured · $90,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 events
- Extreme Cold in Colorado, June 14, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 14, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 14 to 15, 2001$175,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 14, 2001$125,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, June 14, 20012 injured · 70 kt wind · 35 events
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: 5258322.