Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- October 24, 12:13 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 2 mi E of Worden
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.933, -89.817
Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 24, 2001
Storm spotters reported wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph from Worden to Hamel. Several trees were downed across the area.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Storm spotters reported wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph from Worden to Hamel. Several trees were downed across the area.
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 Oct 24, 3:07 AM CST, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:07 AM CST, 9 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 330 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 CDFNT ACRS NWRN MO EVIDENT AS FINE LINE ON RADAR WITH HIGHEST SFC MOISTURE CNVG ALNG FNT JUST N OF MCI. CDFNT SHOULD CONT MOVG SEWD WITH 3-4 MB 3 HR PRESSURE RISES BHND FNT IN SERN NEBRASKA. MOST OF THE CURRENT PCPN IS POST FRONTAL AHD OF SHRTWV TROF EXTENDING FM WRN MN SW THRU NRN CO...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ISOLATED CELLS OVR ERN IA ALNG FNT. WL GO WITH HIGHER AVN...MAV GUIDANCE POPS TDA WITH BOTH ETA/AVN CONTG TO DEPICT STG 850-700 MB QN FRCG ALNG FNT AS IT PUSHES RAPIDLY SEWD THRU CWFA AND STG 500-300 MB QS FRCG AHD OF STG SHRTWV TROF ROTATING THRU IA AND NRN MO S OF NRN PLAINS UPR LOW. ETA ALSO HAS STG UPR DIVERGENCE OVR MUCH OF THE CWFA ARND 18Z WITH LATERAL COUPLING OF STG UPR LVL JT STRKS. POTENTIAL OF SVR CONVECTION... POSSIBLE SQUALL LINE ALNG FNT E AND S OF STL EARLY THIS AFTN AS ETA FCSTS STG SFC MOISTURE CNVG ALNG FAST MOVG CDFNT WITH SFC DWPTS IN THE MID-UPR 60S JUST AHD OF FNT OVR SERN MO SRN IL. 18Z SFC BASED LI VALUES DCRS TO -8 SE OF STL WITH SFC-700 MB DELTA THETA E VALUES OF -25 AT 18Z SE OF STL FCST BY ETA. PCPN SHOULD END BY THIS EVNG WITH STG LOW LVL CAA BHND FNT AND WITH MOST OF THE WRPARND TYPE MOISTURE N OF CWFA TGT AND THU...ALTHOUGH NGM DOES HAVE FAIRLY HI VALUES OF 850 MB MOISTURE LT TGT AND THU OVR THE ERN PTN OF THE AREA. WL LIKELY BE AT LEAST SCT COLD AIR SC ON THU OVR UIN AND STL AREAS. SHOULD SEE STG SFC WNDS LTR TDA THRU THU ESPECIALLY OVR NERN MO W CNTRL IL WITH STG PRESSURE GRADIENT BTWN INTENSIFYING SFC LOW MOVG THRU THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE GRT LKS REGION AND SFC RDG BLDG FM THE NRN RCKYS SE INTO THE SRN PLAINS. .STL...NONE GKS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 6:30 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-242200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 730 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 THREATS THROUGH TONIGHT... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER A PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ROLLA MISSOURI TO PALMYRA ILLINOIS. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE HIGH RISK REGION ARE ST LOUIS...FREDERICKTOWN...PRAIRIE DU ROCHER...BELLEVILLE...SALEM AND VANDALIA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE HIGH RISK AREA. THIS AREA IS AS FAR NORTHWEST AS A LINE EXTENDING FROM FLORENCE MISSOURI TO MT STERLING ILLINOIS. SOME CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...BOWLING GREEN AND PITTSFIELD. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE BY NOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE... ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF ST LOUIS. THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... A STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST WIND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. GKS THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM DAILY...AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR THREAT...MAKE SURE TO REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS AND THE ACTUAL WATCH...WARNING...OR ADVISORY PRODUCT.
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:00 PM CST, 13 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-250000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 100 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 THREATS THROUGH TONIGHT... THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LITCHFIELD TO COLLINSVILLE TO FARMINGTON. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE HIGH RISK INCLUDE GREENVILLE...CARLYLE LAKE...SALEM AND CHESTER ILLINOIS AND STE GENEVIEVE IN MISSOURI. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE HIGH RISK AREA. THIS AREA IS AS FAR NORTHWEST AS A LINE EXTENDING FROM QUINCY ILLINOIS TO COLUMBIA MISSOURI. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE UNSTABLE AIR AND STRONG WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. BRITT THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM DAILY...AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR THREAT...MAKE SURE TO REFER TO THE ZONE FORECASTS AND THE ACTUAL WATCH...WARNING...OR ADVISORY PRODUCT.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- October 24, 12:13 PM CST to 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 2 mi E of Hamel
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.883, -89.817
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
- Tornado in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Ohio, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, October 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: 5270609, 5270610.