Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- October 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Houston
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.333, -91.967
Damaging Wind in Missouri, October 24, 2001
A supermarket sign was blown down causing damage to their front entrance way. Minor damage also occurred to several businesses across the city.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- 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 supermarket sign was blown down causing damage to their front entrance way. Minor damage also occurred to several businesses across the city.
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 Oct 24, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1030 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 ZONE UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM TO UPDATE PRECIPITATION AND WIND WORDING AND TEMPERATURES. PRIMARY SHORT TERM FORECAST CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATED A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. KSGF 88D AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THE FRONT ALONG A LINE FROM CLINTON TO NEOSHO...MOVING EAST. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SEVERAL WAVES EMANATING FROM THE FRONT THIS MORNING. SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS DEVELOPED NEAR JOPLIN AROUND 9 AM...AND HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. WILL ELIMINATE THE MENTION OF THUNDER WEST OF THE FRONTAL POSITION WHEN THE ZONES ARE UPDATED. NO REASON TO CHANGE THE SEVERE WORDING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT THE FORECAST AREA BY 4 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. SUTTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 24, 6:44 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
test message 2Local storm report, Oct 24, 7:48 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
848 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
test message 3Local storm report, Oct 24, 8:14 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
914 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
test message 4Local storm report, Oct 24, 8:17 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
917 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM ST ELIZABETH MO .75 INCH HAIL
10/23/01 MILLER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Oct 24, 10:15 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1115 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM CROCKER MO TORNADO
10/23/01 PULASKI RATED AS F0. ONE HALF
MILE LONG PATH, 75
YARDS WIDE.Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-242300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SALEM TO GAINESVILE. FORECAST WIND PROFILES INDICATE THAT SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANGERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WEATHER RELATED ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. .EXTENDED OUTLOOK... COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. MANY AREAS WILL SEE LOW TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING THIS WEEKEND. SUTTON
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 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
- Tornado in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Ohio, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Indiana, October 24, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes in Michigan, October 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, October 24, 2001
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, October 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: 5271210.