Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 24, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 24, 2002
Start: 2002-08-24T13:08
End: 2002-08-24T17:35
Location: Missouri

August 24, 2002 · NWS MEG · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Aug 24, 9:25 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 9:25 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1025 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

.FIRST PERIOD...
SFC BNDRY IS LOCATED ACRS THE MO/AR/TN BORDERS.  THIS BNDRY WILL
REMAIN STNRY TIL A DECENT SHTWV DRIVES A STG CDFNT NOW IN NRN MO
INTO OUR RGN EARLY SUNDAY.  NO DOUBT TSTMS WILL DVLP ALG THE FLABBY
SFC BNDRY ACRS THE NRN CWFA.  GOING FCST IS ON TARGET.  NO PLANS FOR
UPDATE AT THIS TIME.

.MEG...NONE
 BELLES

The radar

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Pemiscot

When: August 24, 1:08 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
Where: Pemiscot County, Cooter
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.050, -89.817

Several trees were blown down.

Hail, Pemiscot

When: August 24, 1:10 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
Where: Pemiscot County, Cooter
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.050, -89.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin

When: August 24, 2:00 PM CST to 2:05 PM CST
Where: Dunklin County, Cardwell
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.050, -90.300

Some trees and power lines were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin

When: August 24, 5:15 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
Where: Dunklin County, Senath
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.133, -90.167

Some trees and power lines were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pemiscot

When: August 24, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
Where: Pemiscot County, Hermondale
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 36.017, -89.917

One business was destroyed. Two stores were badly damaged. The garage door to a farm house was damaged. Many trees and power lines were blown down.

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

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, August 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: 5315489, 5315490, 5315491, 5315493, 5315492.