Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- July 18, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County, 2 mi NE of Atkinson
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.433, -89.983
Corn crop damaged.
Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 18, 2002
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
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 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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 230 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002 ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS AND WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES TRAVERSE THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. FRONT NOW OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MOVING MUCH SLOWER THAN PROGGED...AND IS EXPECTED TO SAG INTO CENTRAL IOWA AND STALL. WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY IN THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RULE OUT PRECIP. AREAWIDE...BEST CHANCE WILL BE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...WITH LOWER CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH MOISTURE AND CAPE AND LOW SHEAR SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR WIND AND HAIL THE GREATEST THREAT TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT. SURFACE FLOW WILL BE WEAK...SO CLOUDS WILL BE THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR FOR TEMPS FRIDAY...WITH A QUICK WARMUP SATURDAY AS THE FRONT WASHES OUT AND SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW RETURNS. EXPANDED POPS FOR SATURDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LINGERING BOUNDARIES. IN THE EXTENDED...NEXT WAVE STILL PROGGED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...THEN WILL INTRODUCE POPS WEDNESDAY FOR THE NEXT ROUND. .DVN... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. 33
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 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
- Flash Flood in Oregon, July 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 18, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 18, 2002
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, July 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 18, 2002
- Tornado in Minnesota, July 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 18, 2002
More
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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: 5307285.