Thunderstorm Wind, McDonald
- When
- June 3, 3:42 AM CST
- Where
- McDonald County, 3 mi N of Anderson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.700, -94.433
Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 3, 2001
A truck was blown off Highway 71 north of Anderson.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
A truck was blown off Highway 71 north of Anderson.
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 Jun 3, 1:55 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:55 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 LITTLE TIME FOR DETAILS...BUT WILL GO WITH MESOETA. BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT IN THE NORTH...AND POSITION OF SURFACE FRONT MONDAY AND ITS EFFECT ON HIGHS. GENERALLY LIKE THE MESOETA FORECAST...BUT STILL BELIEVE REFIRING OF CONVECTION LATE TODAY LOOKS OVERDONE IN KANSAS. BIG CAP IN PLACE AFTER CONVECTION MOVES OUT THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE ALONG 850 BOUNDARY WITH LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN CWA. WARM FRONT NORTH OF CWA MONDAY...SO WILL GO WITH VERY WARM MESOETA HIGHS. PRELIMINARY FORECAST NUMBERS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY SGF 75 63 87 70 / 90 20 10 60 JLN 77 66 90 71 / 90 20 10 60 UNO 72 63 87 67 / 90 20 10 50 VIH 65 56 85 70 / 70 50 20 80 .SGF... MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY MOZ055>058-066>071. KS...NONE. BROWNI<NG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:14 AM CST, 28 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>080-082-088>098-101>106-031400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 414 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 355...IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS... GREENE...HOWELL...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BOLIVAR...BRANSON...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BROWNING
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 3, 2001
- Flood and Hail in New York, June 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 3, 2001
- High Wind in California, June 3, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 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: 5252140.