Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001
Start: 2001-07-11T23:45
End: 2001-07-12T01:40
Location: Missouri

July 11 to 12, 2001 · NWS EAX · 9 events in 7 counties and zones

8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $12,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 11, 1:29 PM CST, 10 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:29 PM CST, 10 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
230 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2001

AN INTERESTING FCST SCENARIO SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
THE MAIN QUESTIONS ARE WHERE THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL END UP AT.
PERSISTENCE-WISE THE WRN CWA SHUD GET SOME ACTION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HOWEVER THE SFC FRNT IS A BIT FARTHER SOUTH TDY...AND VIS SAT WOULD
MAYBE PUT INITIATION A LITTLE FARTHER EAST THAN YSTRDY. AM PLANNING
ON GOING WITH LIKELY POPS IN WRN ZONES AND HIGH CHC IN ERN ZONES.
LOWS TONITE SHUD BE RIGHT AROUND CURRNT DPT. COMPLEX SHUD BE DYING
BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE...ALTHO ISOLATED SVR NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE HIGH...HOWEVER FFG IS STILL
LOW FOR MAJORITY OF CWA EXCEPT FOR ONE COUNTY. HATE TO PUT OUT
HEADLINES FOR ONE...SO WILL WORD ZONES FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

HIGHS TOMORROW ARE TOUGH. GUID HAS COME IN IN THE LOW TO MID
70S...AND IF IT RAINS MOST OF THE MORNING THAT IS POSSIBLE. H8 TEMPS
DECREASE BY ABOUT 4 DEG FM TDY.  WITH MUCH SUN AT ALL...FEEL WE WILL
EXCEED GUID..WILL GO WITH CURRNT ZONES WHICH IS SLIGHTLY ABV.

SFC BOUNDARY PROGGED TO MOVE MORE TO THE SOUTH TOMORROW...SHOVED
ALONG BY OVERNITE TSRA. FEEL THAT THIS WILL PLACE MOST PCPN FARTHER
SOUTH THAN TONITE.  WILL PLAN ON TRENDING LOWER ON ONGOING POPS FOR
THURS NITE...AND WILL GIVE ANOTHER MODEL RUN BEFORE REMOVING FROM
NRN ZONES.

SHUD SEE SOME SUN ON FRIDAY. EVEN WITH COOLER BOUNDARY LAYER
TEMPS...JULY SUN SHUD PUT US INTO THE LOWER 80S.

SW H5 RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD EAST AGAIN AND WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY.

.EAX...NONE.

LVQ

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:46 UTC.

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Event by event

8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Andrew

When: July 11, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Andrew County, 8 mi S of Savannah
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.817, -94.833

Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan

When: July 11, 11:55 PM CST
Where: Buchanan County, St Joseph
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.767, -94.850

Widespread wind damage reported with many trees reported down. Tractor trailer blown over and roof partially blown off.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When: July 12, 12:24 AM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Polo
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 39.550, -94.050

Hail, Caldwell

When: July 12, 12:25 AM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Mirabile
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 39.617, -94.150

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 12, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Kearney
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.367, -94.367

Thunderstorm Wind, Ray

When: July 12, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Ray County, Orrick
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.217, -94.133

Large tree blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: July 12, 1:28 AM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Higginsville
Measured: 69 kt (79 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.083, -93.733

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: July 12, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Lexington
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.183, -93.883

Large tree blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 12, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Blue Spgs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.017, -94.283

5 foot long tree limb down on camper at Blue Springs. Damage reported to camper.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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: 5258725, 5258726, 5258727, 5258728, 5258729, 5258733, 5258731, 5258732, 5258730.