Thunderstorm Wind, Dent
- When
- April 19, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Dent County, Salem
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -91.550
Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 2002
Trees were blown down east of the city.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- 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 happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Trees were blown down east of 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 Apr 19, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002 PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR KIRKSVILLE TO ST. JOSEPH THEN INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 07Z. LOW LEVEL JET IMPINGING ON THIS BOUNDARY WAS SUPPORTING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. TROUGH OUT WEST WILL MAINTAIN A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE FRONT TO PUSH ONLY SLOWLY SOUTHWARD BEFORE BECOMING STATIONARY NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER ON SATURDAY. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES THROUGH 36 HOURS. WILL GENERALLY FOLLOW THE ETA. FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...CONVECTION WILL SPREAD/DEVELOP INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS THE FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD. RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE WITH 850 MB DEWPOINTS OF 12 TO 14 DEGREES. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES. ORIENTATION OF FRONT WITH MEAN FLOW ALSO SUGGEST TRAINING CELLS AND MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE AIDED BY POORLY DEFINED IMPULSES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW BUT TIMING OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE DIFFICULT. COULD SEE A MORE ORGANIZED COMPLEX DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF MESO-ETA IS CORRECT IN TIMING OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE AND INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. BELIEVE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXIST AS DEPICTED BY LATEST EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OUTLOOK. WILL CONSIDER A FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY. CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT DEGREE OF SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY BUT FORCING ALONG FRONT AND MODERATE SHEAR VALUES WILL SUPPORT SEVERE HAIL THREAT. 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVER AND PLACEMENT OF FRONT AND MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR TORNADIC THREAT AS ETA SUGGEST HELICITIES NEAR 300 OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES SHOW UP SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BETWEEN ETA AND THE AVN. PREFER THE ETAS POSITION OF DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND FRONT. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY RAIN CHANCES INTO SATURDAY NIGHT THEN CHANCES ON SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MADE SOME MINOR TEMPERATURE CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. STILL LOOKS LIKE RETURN FLOW SETS UP TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY. THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION NDFD SITES. ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT. .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. FOSTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:51 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ057-058-191800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 751 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 123...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI... MILLER...MARIES. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE ELDON... IBERIA AND VIENNA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:15 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MOZ055>058-067>071-078>083-089>092-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1015 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124...IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...GREENE...HICKORY... LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR...TEXAS...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LEBANON...OSAGE BEACH... ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND INTENSIFY IN A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOOKBINDER
Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:17 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1017 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 AM 1 N POLK MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 POLK REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.Local storm report, Apr 19, 10:41 AM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1141 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1141 AM SALEM MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 DENT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Apr 19, 10:46 AM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM WAYNESVILLE MO .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 PULASKILocal storm report, Apr 19, 10:49 AM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1149 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 AM 7 W SALEM MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 DENT REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:03 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
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, April 19, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, April 19 to 21, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, April 19 to 20, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, April 19, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 5293689.