Missouri, 2001

Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 20, 2001

June 20, 2001 · NWS EAX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 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
5

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 Jun 20, 12:40 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:40 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
140 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2001

HVY RAIN THREAT PRIMARY CONCERN TODAY AND TNGT. AXIS OF HVY RAIN
CURRENTLY ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR WITH VERY SLOW SWD DRIFT TO COMPLEX
ACR ERN KS/WRN MO. AREA OF CONVECTION AIDED BY ISENT LIFT OVER
NEARLY STNRY BOUNDARY EXTENDING FM CNU TO COU TO STL...NARROW TROP
MOIST PLUME FM NM TO MO...AND WK LLJ PERPENDICULAR TO AXIS OF
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. LATEST SFC MAP SHOWS LTL IF ANY MOVEMENT OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING PAST SEVERAL HOURS WITH MODELS PERHAPS A LTL
TOO QUICK IN PUSHING FNT IN SRN MO BY 12Z.

LATEST MOIST IMAGERY INDICATES UPR TROF IN SCNTRL CANADA DIGGING SSE
WITH NUMEROUS WEAK SHRTWVS AHEAD OF SHRTWV TROF AXIS EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST INTO NRN UTAH AND NWRN WYOMING. AS PER MODELS...SHRTWV
TROF AXIS NOT TO PASS THROUGH CWA UNTIL LATE TNGT WITH WSW H7-H5 FLO
ONLY ALLOWING FOR SLOW SWD PROGRESS OF FNT. OVERALL...PREFER NGM/ETA
HANDLING OF SITUATION NEXT 24 HOURS. ETA/NGM SHOWS WK-MDT ISENT LIFT
TO CONTINUE ON 305K SFC WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES FM 1.5-1.75 ACR SRN
HALF OF CWA TODAY. AREA ALSO IN FAVORABLE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF LINEAR
H3 JET FM ERN NEB INTO GREAT LAKES REGION. ETA QUICK TO WEAKEN ISENT
LIFT AND UPR FORCING EARLY TNGT WITH NGM MAINTAINING FORCING UNTIL
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

XPCT AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO SHIFT ANOTHER 25-50 MILES TO THE
SOUTH OF CURRENT POSITION BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY OR BOWING
SLIGHTLY NWD THIS AFTN AHEAD OF SHRTWV TROF. PLAN TO EXTEND FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
WATCH MAY BE NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO EXTREME SRN CWA FOR TNGT IF
NGM SLOWER SOLUTION VERIFIES.

RAIN TO END IN SRN ZONES EARLY THURS WITH SLOW CLEARING DURING AFTN.
MODEL GUID TOO WARM FOR TODAY AND LOOKS OK OTHERWISE.

.EAX...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TDY FOR KSZ025-057-060-103>105.
MO...FLAsSH FLOOD WATCH TDY FOR MOZ-028>030-037>040-043>046-053-054.

DB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:28 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1028 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNT#Y LOCATION....

0832 PM    KANSAS CITY               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:32 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1132 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001

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

1130 PM                              KS   8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
06/19/01   ATCHISON                       SINCE NOON REPORTED BY
                                          THE PUBLIC AND
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When
June 20, 12:40 AM CST
Where
Jackson County, Blue Spgs
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.017, -94.283

12 inch diameter tree blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When
June 20, 9:25 PM CST
Where
Clinton County, Lathrop
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.550, -94.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell

When
June 20, 9:35 PM CST
Where
Caldwell County, Polo
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.550, -94.050

Law enforcement reported power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston

When
June 20, 9:50 PM CST
Where
Livingston County, 4 mi W of Blue Mound
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.633, -93.667

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When
June 20, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Carroll County, Carrollton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.367, -93.500

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: 5253020, 5253019, 5253017, 5253021, 5253018.