Missouri, 2001

Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 23, 2001

October 23, 2001 · NWS LSX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Severe storms downed trees across parts of Iron County. The Sheriff Department reported trees down along Highway 21 at Glover.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Severe storms downed trees across parts of Iron County. The Sheriff Department reported trees down along Highway 21 at Glover. About one dozen trees were reported down on County Road 131. Trees were also down across Highway 72 east of Ironton.

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 Oct 23, 1:00 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 1:00 PM CST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001

SHWRS/TSTMS CONT TO MOVE ACRS THE ERN OZARKS IN AREA OF HIER MSTR.
AREA IN FVRBL RGN OF RRQ OF UPR JET.  ETA FCSTS DECENT DVRGC ACRS SE
MO THIS EVE AND THEN MOVES AREA INTO KY BY MIDN.

STRG COLD FNT WILL MOVE ACRS THE AREA ON WED.  AVN AND ETA ARE FAILY
CLOSE AT 12Z WITH FNT FCST TO BE NR A UIN-JLN LN.  BY EVE THE FNT
WILL BE WELL BYND THE BOOTHEEL.  MESOETAS TEMPS LOOK RNSBL AND WILL
FOLLOW FOR FCST ON WED.  MODELS SUGGSTS BEST SVR POTENTIAL FOR WED
WILL BE ACRS SE MO INTO E CNTRL IL.

IN THE EXTNDD, THE MRF, NEW UKMO, AND MONS RUN OF ECMWF ARE VERY
SMLR AT H5 FOR SAT MRNG WITH HUGH RDG ACRS THE ROCKIES AND DEEP TRO
ALG THE APPLACHIANS.  12Z AVN AND UKMO MOVE TROF OFF THE E COAST BY
SUN MRNG WHILE 00Z MRF AND MONS ECMWF HOLD TROF ALF THE E COAST.
AS A RESULT, MUCH WARMER AIR AT 850 SPREADS ACROS THE RGN BY SUN
WITH AVN FCSTG +6C ACRS CNTRL MO WHILE OLD MRF FCST -8C. LRG
CANADIAN SFC HI SLIDES DWN INTO THE RGN AND IS FCST TO BE CNTRD OVR
E MO NOON SAT.  THIS HI COMES RIGHT OFF THE ICEFIELDS PARKWAY OF
ALBERTA.

.STL...NONE

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Iron

When
October 23, 1:15 PM CST
Where
Iron County, Glover
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.483, -90.717

Thunderstorm Wind, Iron

When
October 23, 1:18 PM CST
Where
Iron County, 2 mi S of Ironton
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.567, -90.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Iron

When
October 23, 1:20 PM CST
Where
Iron County, 4 mi SE of Ironton
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
37.567, -90.583

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: 5270679, 5270680, 5270678.