Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 24, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 24, 2002
Start: 2002-08-24T15:05
End: 2002-08-24T15:05
Location: Missouri

August 24, 2002 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

50 to 60 mph winds caused several trees to be uprooted in Thayer.

Where it happened

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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.

50 to 60 mph winds caused several trees to be uprooted in Thayer.

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 Aug 24, 1:17 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:17 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
217 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

WEAKENING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM MOVED INTO WESTERN MISSOURI SHORTLY
AFTER DAYBREAK. CLOUD COVER PUT THE LID ON MUCH IN THE WAY OF GROUND
BASED INSTABILITY OVER WESTERN COUNTIES...HOWEVER...SMALL CLUSTER
OF STORMS HAS INTENSIFIED IN THE SGF AREA WITH NOTABLE BUT LESS
THAN SEVERE DOWNBURST WINDS AT THE STATION. SOLAR HEATING HAS
DESTABILIZED AREAS EAST OF SPRINGFIELD WITH CAPES OF 2000-3000 J/KG
OVER SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. STORMS MAY TRY TO ORGANIZE AS THEY MOVE
EAST AND WILL ADJUST RAIN CHANCES BASED ON SHORT TERM TRENDS.

WENT WITH ETA/MESO ETA AGAIN TODAY SINCE IT APPEARS TO HAVE A BETTER
HANDLE ON LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES. MIDLEVEL FEATURES BETWEEN THE
AVN/ETA ARE SIMILAR.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
(NEB/KS/NORTHERN OK) AND DEVELOP EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG AND BEHIND
WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY IN RICH LOW LEVEL THETAE AIR. LARGE SCALE LIFT
WILL BE ENHANCED BY 250MB JET NOSING INTO EASTERN KS AND MO LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. WILL KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE POPS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY WITH BEST CHANCES OVER MY SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES CLOSER TO
THE SFC-850MB FRONT AND DEEPER MOISTURE. 850MB FRONT CONTINUES TO
SAG SOUTH WITH DRIER AIR OVER THE NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEB/SD
SUNDAY NIGHT BUT WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME MAKING IT SE INTO THE
FORECAST AREA. WILL LEAVE THE MON-TUE PERIOD DRY WITH NEAR
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

FOR THE EXTENDED...MODELS STILL CONSISTENT MOVING 5H SHORTWAVE
THROUGH MO SUNDAY THEN DEVELOPING CUTOFF OVER TN AND KEEPING IT
THERE THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH BLOCKIER TYPE PATTERN..AS YOU MIGHT
EXPECT...MODEL TO MODEL AND RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY LACKING. IN
GENERAL...IT LOOKS AS LIKE UPPER RIDGE IS STRONGER OVER THE CENTRAL
U.S. THAN PREVIOUS RUNS AND ONLY ALLOWS LIMITED SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO
DROP SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. WILL REMOVE RAIN CHANCES THU AND
FRI...AND LEAVE A SILENT 20 POP IN CASE SOMETHING CAN MAKE IT
THROUGH THE UPPER RIDGE. DIURNAL CONVECTION A CONCERN FOR EASTERN
COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE CUTOFF LOW NEXT WEEK...BUT IT SHOULD BE
SPOTTY AND NOT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN THE FORECAST ATTM.

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

DSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:03 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
303 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0300 PM    1 N VANZANT               MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/24/02   DOUGLAS                        LARGE LIMBS BLOWN OFF OF
                                          NUMEROUS TREES.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:26 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0300 PM    WILLOW SPGS               MO   1 INCH HAIL
08/24/02   HOWELL                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0300 PM    WILLOW SPGS               MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/24/02   HOWELL                         TREES DOWN AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:37 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
337 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0331 PM    4 S WILLOW SPGS           MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/02   HOWELL                         LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:48 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
348 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0130 PM    1 NE SPRINGFIELD          MO   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/24/02   GREENE                         SMALL BIULDING MOVED
                                          FROM FOUNDATION.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 2:57 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
357 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0255 PM    3 E VANZANT               MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/02   DOUGLAS                        LARGE TREES DOWN OVER
                                          HIGHWAY 76. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0255 PM    5 E VANZANT               MO   WIND DAMAGE
08/24/02   DOUGLAS                        LARGE TREES DOWN OVER
                                          HIGHWAY EE NEAR THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
                                          76. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 24, 3:00 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
400 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002

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

0130 PM    THOMASVILLE               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
08/24/02   OREGON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Oregon

When: August 24, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Oregon County, Thayer
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.517, -91.550

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

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: 5313389.