Missouri, 2001

Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 10, 2001

July 10, 2001 · NWS EAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:35 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:35 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
235 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

CONVECT DEVELOPED ALNG 85 DAM WARM FNT ARND MID AS WAA ENHANCED BY
WEAK 70 DAM SHORTWV. SFC BNDRY THAT WAS ALNG MO RVR LAST NITE...HAS
PUSHED INTO SRN MO AND BCM RATHER DIFFUSE. SLGTLY DRIER AIR HAS MVD INTO FA
AND IS HELPING TO KEEP TSRA/SHRA BLO SVR.SHRA OVR NERN ZONES LIKELY
FRM 850-750 WAA...BUT AS THEY MV INTO MORE STABLE ENVIRON...THEYVE
BEEN DISSIPATING.  XPCT CONVECT CURRENTLY ONGOING OVR NW AND WC PTNS
OF FA TO CTN THRU SR. ONCE AGAIN...XPCT CONVECT TO DISSIPATE DURING
MRNG HRS...AS BL MIXES.

WV LOOP SHOWING RATHER POTENT SHORTWV RIDING ALNG BACKSIDE
OF 50 DAM RDG. LATEST META HAS THE BEST HNDL ON THIS FEATURE.
LO LVL BAROCLINICITY INCRS DURING DAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS FEATURE.
RIGHT NOW...ALL MODELS KEEP FA ON THE COOL SIDE OF WARM FNT.
92 DAM TEMPS SUGGEST MAXES GENLLY WL BE IN THE 85 TO 90 RNG ACRS
MOST OF FA. BUT...CLD DEBRIS LIKELY WL HV IMPACT ON TEMPS...SO WL
KEEP TEMP FCST TDA A LTL CONSERV. CONVECT LATER TONIGHT SHULD
RAIN-COOL AIR ENUF TO KEEP MINS BLO 70 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY
DAYS...AND GENLLY WL FOLLOW GUID.  LATEST GUID REALLY TOOK A
DOWNWARD TREND WITH MAXES ON THU.  TRACK OF MCS WED NITE AND COVG
OF PCPN WL BE CRUCIAL. WL USE A RANGE TO COVR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

VRY COMPLEX SFC SITN EVOLVING FOR THU INTO FRI DUE TO INTERACTION
OF SRN PLAIN SFC LOW AND QUASI STNRY BNDRY THAT WL STRETCH FRM
NRN PLAINS INTO LWR MS VALLEY. LOW LVL LAPSE RATES SUPPORT STG
SFC BASED CONVECT OVR SRN PART OF CWA...THOU MID LVL LAPSE
RATES NOT AS FAVORABLE. PBLY WL UP POPS A BIT.

MRF/AVN CONSISTENT IN BRINGING WELCOMED  COOLER AND
DRIER AIRMASS INTO FA FRI. WL CTN TREND OF LOWER THAN NORMAL TEMPS
AND DRY COND THRU THE WKEND INTO EARLY NXT WEEK.

.EAX...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:11 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
311 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

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

0233 AM    OLATHE                    KS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN/
                                          POWER OUTAGES

0233 AM    STILWELL                  KS   .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0233 AM    DE SOTO                   KS   .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/01   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:59 AM CST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
359 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

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

0320 AM    LOUISBURG                 KS   WIND DAMAGE
07/10/01   MIAMI                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TREE LIMBpS DOWN/POWER
                                          OUTAGES

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When
July 10, 3:22 AM CST
Where
Henry County, Montrose
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.267, -93.983

Large trees reported down.

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

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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: 5258724.