Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 29, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 29, 2001
Start: 2001-08-29T15:10
End: 2001-08-29T15:10
Location: Missouri

August 29, 2001 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Numerous trees were blown down south of Lebanon.

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.

Numerous trees were blown down south of Lebanon.

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 29, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN
TODAY.

A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON.  MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY...AND CAPES AROUND 3500 J/KG WERE SUPPORTING RAPID
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

A SHORTWAVE NOW OVER MANITOBA WILL BE THE MAJOR FEATURE OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AS IS IT AIDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH
OVER EASTERN CANADA.  THIS WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
FRIDAY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND.  MODELS IN GENERAL
AGREEMENT WITH TIMING OF THIS FRONT.

FOR TONIGHT...WILL CARRY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING
WITH ONGOING CONVECTION.  LIGHT WIND FIELD AT ALL LEVELS WILL RESULT
IN SLOW MOVING AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD PRODUCING STORMS.  SOME HAIL
ALSO POSSIBLE IN STRONGER PULSE TYPE STORMS.

ON THURSDAY...SHEAR AXIS THAT HAS BEEN PARKED OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL SHIFT INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.  ALTHOUGH
FOCUS OF CONVECTION WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH...SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
AND NO CAP WILL RESULT IN DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION.  A COLD FRONT
DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MAKE IT INTO NORTHERN
MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT.  THIS WILL CONTINUE THE RAIN THREAT THROUGH
THE NIGHT.

THE FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE OZARKS ON FRIDAY KEEPING THE CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION GOING.

IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS CONSISTENT IN PUSHING THE FRONT OUT OF THE
AREA BY EARLY SATURDAY SO WILL GO FOR A DRY DAY.  THE AVN PROGS A
SHORTWAVE TO CROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY.  CONSIDERABLE MID-HIGH LEVEL
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT DO NOT EXPECT PRECIPITATION
AS HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRIER AIRMASS WILL SPREADING OVER THE AREA AT
THE SURFACE.

THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION EAX.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR FORECAST COORDINATION ONLY...
FCSTID = 11
SGF   67  85  65  84 /  30  30  40  40
JLN   68  87  66  85 /  30  30  40  40
UNO   66  85  65  84 /  30  30  40  40
VIH   67  85  65  84 /  30  30  40  40

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

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 9:45 AM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1045 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2001

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

0535 PM    5 S LEBANON               MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/28/01   LACLEDE                        HAIL FELL FOR 45
                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:00 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A STALLED FRONT OVER THE
MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY
...THE STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.  SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.   THE STORMS WILL
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

.EXTENDED OUTLOOK...
ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.

FOSTER

Local storm report, Aug 29, 2:44 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
344 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001

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

0249 PM    SHELL KNOB                MO   .88 INCH HAIL
08/29/01   BARRY                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0255 PM    ALBATROSS                 MO   1 INCH HAIL
08/29/01   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0300 PM    HALLTOWN                  MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/29/01   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0305 PM    2 W PENNSBORO             MO   1 INCH HAIL
08/29/01   DADE                           REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0325 PM    5 E LEBANON               MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/29/01   LACLEDE                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Laclede

When: August 29, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Laclede County, 3 mi S of Lebanon
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 37.633, -92.667

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: 5266448.