Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Richfield
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.817, -91.117
Local law enforcement reported trees down in the Richfield area.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 5, 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 Jun 5, 1:00 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 200 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001 SGNFNT MSTR AVBL WITH MRNG 850 INDICATING MID TEEN DEWPTS ACRS THE RGN. ETA AND AVN FAIRLY SMLR IN FCSTG H5 S/WV ACRS W CNTRL IL BY EVE WITH GOOD SHOT OF PVA ACRS NRN & CNTRL IL. NXT VORT CNTR FCST ACRS ERN KS THIS EVE WHICH SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN CURRENT CNVCTN ACRS W MO. FLASH FLOOD VALUES ARE LOW ACRS CNTRL PTN OF RGN WHERE 12 HR GUID IS CLOSE TO AN INCH. LATEST MSAS DATA INDICATES BEST SFC MSTR CNVGC LIES FM ERN PTN OF CWA ACRS STL AREA SWWD NR I-44. BNDRY FM MRNG CNVCTN LIES ACRS NE MO. LAPS INDICATES BEST CAPES LIE ACROS THE ERN OZARKS WITH 2ND AREA W OF COU AREA. IN THE EXTNDD, THE MRF, ECMWF AND UK ARE FAIRLY SMLR FOR FRI MRNG AT H5 WITH HI OVR THE SWRN U.S. AND NWLY FLOW ACROS RGN. UK AND MRF MORE SMLR OVR WEEKEND WITH ECMWF TRYING TO BUILD HUGE RDG ACRS THE GRT PLNS. .STL...FLASH FLOOD WA TCH FOR A PTN OF CNTRL AND NE MO FOR TNGT
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 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
- Tropical Storm in Texas, June 5 to 10, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 14, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 5 to 8, 2001
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 5 to 7, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 5, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 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: 5251846.