Missouri, 2002

Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 11, 2002

July 11, 2002 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 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 Jul 11, 12:15 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 12:15 PM CST, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
115 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002

MODELS FAIRLY SMLR IN HNDLG THE H5 SYSTM THAT DROPS DWN INTO THE
AREA TNGT AND FRI.  ETA FCSTS SGNFNT PVA AND VERT MTN TO DROP DWN
ACRS NW MO THIS EVE AND INTO THE CNTRL PTN OF THE STATE BY MIDN.
MODELS QPF ZEROES IN ON PTNS OF N AND CNTRL MO FOR TNGT.  WIND
FIELD FCST TO BE LGT SO SLOW MOVG CNVCTN SHOULD PRODUCE SGNFNT RAIN.
MID LVL CIRCULATION IS FCST TO SETTLE INTO THE BOOTHEEL BY SAT EVE.
AS A RESULT PCPN MAY LINGER LONGER ACRS MUCH OF THE RGN.

MSAS FM NOON INDICATED BEST AREA OF SFC MSTR CNVGC ACRS N CNTRL MO
WHERE CONVECTION HAS BLOSSOMED PST HR OR SO.  IRK REPORTED R+ PST
HR.  WITH FAIRLY LOW FLOOD GUID ACRS PTNS OF NE AND CNTRL MO, WILL
ISSUE WATCH FOR TNGT.

IN THE EXTENDED...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH WEAK UPPER LOW BEING LEFT BEHIND OVER THE CNTRL U.S. AS MAIN
TROF MOVES EWD THIS WEEKEND.  RESULT IS A STAGNANT PATTERN OVR THE
MIDWEST WITH ZONAL FLOW UP NR THE CANADA/U.S. BORDER.  SINCE UPR LOW
IS SHOWING GRADUAL MOVEMENT AWAY FROM REGION AND S/W TROFS STAY WELL
TO THE N...WILL LEAVE MON-THU DRY.  MRF MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE.

.STL...FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT - PTNS OF NE AND CNTRL MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
July 11, 6:15 PM CST
Where
Franklin County, Krakow
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.500, -91.050

Storm spotters reported several small trees blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.

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.

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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: 5304467.