Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 2001
Start: 2001-08-18T18:20
End: 2001-08-18T18:20
Location: Missouri

August 18, 2001 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down over Highway 60 in Republic. Nickel sized hail was also reported northeast of Battlefield.

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 happened

The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.

Trees were blown down over Highway 60 in Republic. Nickel sized hail was also reported northeast of Battlefield.

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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 2:24 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:24 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIP CHANCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING.

SURFACE FRONT STRETCHING FROM NEAR LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO NEAR
PARSONS KANSAS. CU FIELD FORMING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY SHOWN WELL ON
VISIBLE IMAGERY...WITH A COUPLE OF SMALL SHOWERS IN FAR SE KANSAS.
RECENTLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES NERN CWA...AND
THINK ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION WILL REMAIN WITHIN THAT AREA.
CONVERGENCE ALONG MOST OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN DEEP CONVECTION. DRY MID LEVELS SHOWN ON RUC SGF
SOUNDINGS AND WEAK SUBSIDENCE CORRELATED WITH RIGHT EXIT REGION OF
300 MB JET STREAK OVER NRN MO SHOULD KEEP MOST CONVECTION IN CHECK
UNTIL CAPES BEGIN A RAPID DECLINE AFTER SUNSET.

FRONT CLEARS THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN. WARM ADVECTION CLOUDS MAY SPREAD INTO AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS SOUTHWEST 850 MB WINDS INCREASE. 500 MB
RIDGE BUILDS IN TUESDAY WITH QUIET WEATHER. RIDGE RIDER PROGGED BY
AVN TO DIG INTO NRN MO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILD CARD OF
APPROACHING TROPICAL SYSTEM MAY ACT TO KEEP STRONG 500 MB RIDGE
SOMEWHAT FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND IN PLACE OVER MO. LATE WEEK MAY
SEE INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AS REMAINS OF CHANTAL GET CAUGHT IN
SOUTHERLY MID LEVEL FLOW ON WEST SIDE OF EASTWARD MOVING 500 MB
RIDGE.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR FORECAST COORDINATION ONLY...
FCSTID = 19

SGF UB 054/081 059/087 058 19000
    BUB   088/065 091/072 089                 0100000
JLN UB 054/081 059/087 058 19000
    BUB   088/065 091/072 089                 0100000
UNO UB 057/081 060/087 059 19000
    BUB   087/065 092/069 089                 0000000
VIH UB 054/081 059/087 058 19000
    BUB   088/065 091/072 089                 0100000

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

BROWNING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

MOZ057-058-069>071-079>081-083-190200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
300 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 677...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MISSOURI:

CAMDEN...DALLAS...DENT...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...PHELPS...POLK
AND PULASKI.

SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR...
CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...LEBANON...OSAGE BEACH AND ROLLA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

BROWNING

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:55 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
655 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 PM    2 NW (SGF)SPRINGFIELD ARP MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GREENE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          EVENT DURATION 5 MINUTES.

0645 PM    (SGF)SPRINGFIELD ARPT     MO   63 MPH TSTM GUST
08/18/01   GREENE

Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:10 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0705 PM    SPRINGFIELD               MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GREENE                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Greene

When: August 18, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Greene County, Republic
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.117, -93.483

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 Missouri in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, 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: 5266438.