Missouri, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 23, 1:58 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 1:58 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
258 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001

STRONG CDFNT MOVING SWIFTLY ACRS SE MO AND NW AR THIS AFTN WITH TSRAS
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AIRMASS HAS RECOVERED NICELY IN ADVANCE
OF THE FRONT WITH LI VALUES OF -4C...SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S AND
CAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR VALUES ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE
WITH MAIN THREAT BEING HAIL AND WIND. MODELS DEPICT STRONG...
CONSISTENT DIVERGENCE AT THE 300 MB LEVEL THRU THE AFTN AND EVENING
IN ADVANCE OF THE SHARP UPR TROF. THIS WL HELP PRODUCE STRONG UVV
ACRS THE REGION THIS EVENING. ENUF MOISTURE IN PLACE TO JUSTIFY
LIKELY POPS ACRS ENTIRE CWFA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. FRONT
WL SWEEP ACRS THE CWFA...MOVING THRU JBR IN THE EARLY EVENING...MEM
AND MKL BY 03Z AND TUP BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTY NW WINDS WL DEVELOP BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH MUCH COOLER AIR MOVING IN BY MORNING.

LOW CLOUDS WL HANG AROUND DURING THE MORNING. SFC FLOW BECOMES ANTI-
CYCLONIC BY AFTERNOON SO EXPECT SUN TO BREAK OUT. STRONG 850MB CAA
SHOULD KEEP TEMPS FROM RECOVERING VERY FAR. SOME PLACES WL NOT MAKE
IT TO 70 DEGREES. EXACT NUMBERS ARE TRICKY DUE TO CLOUD COVER. WL GO
NEAR OR JUST BLO FWC.

TROF CUTS OFF AS AN UPR LOW OVR THE ERN GREAT LAKES MON NIGHT. SFC
GRAD STILL FAIRLY STRONG ACRS THE MID SOUTH WHICH WL HELP KEEP
TEMPS FROM COMPLETELY BOTTOMING OUT. STILL TEMPS WL BE THE COOLEST
OF THE SEASON WITH READINGS APPROACHING 40 IN SOME AREAS. VERY
PLEASANT WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS UPR LOW
MOVES NE AND SFC GRADIENT SLACKENS. EXPECT SUNNY SKIES THRU NEXT
WEEKEND AND TEMPS SLOLY WARMING...THOUGH NOT BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND
OF VERY COOL TEMPS TUE NIGHT. PERHAPS UPPER 30S ACRS NE PARTS OF
THE MID SOUTH?

.MEG...NONE.
SJM

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dunklin

When
September 23, 4:44 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, Kennett
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$100
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.233, -90.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin

When
September 23, 4:53 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
Where
Dunklin County, White Oak
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.333, -90.033

A few large tree limbs were blown down.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5269069, 5269070.