Illinois, 2002

High Wind in Illinois, March 9, 2002

March 9, 2002 · NWS LSX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Strong west to northwest winds behind a cold front made for a windy day across west central Illinois. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common across the region.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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.

Strong west to northwest winds behind a cold front made for a windy day across west central Illinois. Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were common across the region. There was scattered damage to roofs, power poles and outbuildings throughout the area.

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 Mar 9, 4:05 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 4:05 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
405 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2002

PROBS THIS PKG TO BE TIMING ON CDFNT AND WNDS TEMPS TDA. SQLN CONTS
E ACRS RGN APROX 40KT BUT HAS DCRSD IN INTENSITY AS CONVERGENCE AREA
MVS INTO RGN OF PREV PCPN AND MODIFIED AIR. XPCT CD FNT VCNTY KSTL
11-12Z. MAX TEMPS 1ST PD TO OCCUR JUST AHD OF FNT WITH QUICKLY
FALLING VALS TO W. GOOD MIXING DOWN FM LO LVLS AND WL CONT WIND
ADVSY FOR TDA UNTIL SFC GRAD RELAXES BY LATE AFTN/EVE.

HI PRES BLDS ACRS AREA TNGT INTO SUN AND WAA RTNS FAIRLY QUICKLY
ANTHR IMPLS MVS ACRS RGN LT MON AND WL ADD LO POPS TO ALL XCPT SRN
ZNS FOR MON NGT. LTL CHGS TO REST OF XTNDD.

.STL...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL CWA FOR TDA.

WDB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 1:27 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
227 AM CDT SAT MAR 09 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0212 AM    MEXICO                    MO   60 MPH WIND GUST
03/09/02   AUDRAIN                        REPORTED BY AUDRAIN
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          DEPARTMENT.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:27 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
227 AM CDT SAT MAR 09 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0212 AM    MEXICO                    MO   60 MPH WIND GUST
03/09/02   AUDRAIN                        REPORTED BY AUDRAIN
                                          COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          DEPARTMENT.
Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:59 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
259 AM CST SAT MAR 09 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

140  AM    SHELBINA                  MO   WIND DAMAGE
03/09/02   SHEBLY                         ROOF BLOWN OFF A BUILDING
                                          AND ONTO A SECOND
                                          BUILDING.  ROOF OF SECOND
                                          BUILDING THEN COLLAPSED.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Adams

When
March 9, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where
Adams forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.988, -91.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Brown

When
March 9, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where
Brown forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.962, -90.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pike

When
March 9, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Pike forecast zone
Measured
43 kt (49 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.623, -90.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, March 2002

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: 5280315, 5280316, 5280317.