Missouri, 2001

Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 2001

June 14, 2001 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines, primarily across south and southwest St. Louis County.

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.

Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and power lines, primarily across south and southwest St. Louis County. The major electric utility in the area reported nearly 46,000 customers without power due to downed lines and lightning strikes.

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 Jun 14, 3:03 PM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:03 PM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

TSRA SHOULD CONT TO DVLP AND MOVE NEWD INTO CWFA TGT E OF CDFNT
EXTDG FM WRN IA SW THRU ERN KS TO SFC LOW OVR N CNTRL TX.  CAPES
HAVE INCRSD OVR CWFA TO 3000 TO 4000 J/KG BASED ON 20Z LAPS DATA.
MSAS HAS SFC BASED LI INDICES OF -7 TO -8 AT 20Z.  MSAS ALSO DEPICTS
BEST SFC MOISTURE CNVG E OF CDFNT ALNG TSRA OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN
SWRN MO AND IN NCNTRL MO AHD OF SQUALL LINE/BOW ECHO SYSTEM RACING
NEWD THRU NWRN W CNTRL MO.  CONVECTION SHOULD DVLP AND INTENSIFY OVR
CWFA THIS EVNG AS SHRTWV TROF FM ERN SD SW THRU TX PNHDL MOVS E-NEWD
INTO REGION AND AS LOW-MID LVL SHEAR INCREASES AS 50-80 KT SWLY MID
LVL WND MAX OVR OK AND ERN PTNS OF KS AND NEBRASKA MOVS NEWD INTO
THE REGION.  ETA MDL ALSO DEPICTS RELATIVELY STG UPR DIVERGENCE OVR
CWFA TGT IN RGT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPR JT STRK MOVG NEWD THRU THE
NRN PLAINS.  ALTHOUGH ETA MDL STILL A LTL SLOWER WITH SEWD MOVEMENT
OF CDFNT TGT THAN AVN...EVEN ETA AND NEW MESOETA HAS PCPN E OF CWFA
BY 18Z FRI AS SHRTWV TROF AND CDFNT PUSH E OF AREA WITH RAPID CLRG
FCST FRI MRNG BY ALL MDLS.  WITH FULL SUNSHINE EXPECTED FRI
AFTN...PREFER WRMR FWC GUIDANCE HI TEMPS FOR FRI.  WILL INTRODUCE
CHC OF PCPN OVR NRN PTN OF CWFA IN THE EXTD FCST WITH ETA/AVN MDL
SHOWING WK SFC E-W FRNTL BNDRY ACRS NRN MO AND IA ALNG WITH LOW LVL
WAA AS EARLY AS SAT NGT.

.STL...NONE

GKS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:26 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
626 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

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

440 PM     5S EDINA                  MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01   KNOX                           TREES DOWNED BLOCKING
                                          HIGHWAY 15.

510 PM     MAYWOOD                   MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01   LEWIS                          TREES DOWNED.

525 PM     QUINCY                    IL   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01   ADAMS                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWNED.  VEHICLES
                                          DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis

When
June 14, 8:45 PM CST
Where
St. Louis County, Oakville
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.467, -90.300

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Louis

When
June 14, 9:00 PM CST
Where
St. Louis County, Fenton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.517, -90.433

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.

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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: 5251931, 5251932.