Missouri, 2002

Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 9, 2002

March 9, 2002 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A fast moving line of thunderstorms brought damaging winds to parts of south Shelby County. Numerous farm buildings in the Clarence and Shelbina areas were either destroyed or suffered major roof damage.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

A fast moving line of thunderstorms brought damaging winds to parts of south Shelby County. Numerous farm buildings in the Clarence and Shelbina areas were either destroyed or suffered major roof damage. In Shelbina, several businesses suffered roof and or window damage. Power poles and lines were down 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 8, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2002

CDFNT ACRS NW MO ERLY THIS AFTN...WL PUSH THRU MO TNGT.
DYNAMICS SHWD FOR PSBL SVR TSRA TNGT AS SQ LN COULD FORMS THIS EVE
AND MVS E AHD OF CD FNT. LIS NEG 2 TO NEG 5 BY 00Z IN PTN OF WEST
AND CNTRL MO ALONG WITH STG 70UVV...ALSO K-INDEX AROUND 30 PUSHING
INTO IA AND NRN IL.

MARCH WX IS ON THE MAKING WITH WARM ONE DAY AND COLD THE NEXT...
SAT WL BE WINDY WITH SFC WIND REACHING 35-45 MPH...SO WL ISSUED
WIND ADVISORY FOR SAT FOR THE ENTIRE CWA.  850 TEMPS NEAR -14 WL BE
PUSH IN NE MO AND -12 TO BEAR COU.  THIS STRNG CAA WL PRODUCE STRONG
AND GUSTY SFC WND MAINLY LATE MORNG INTO THE MID AFTN...WND WL RELAX
DURING SAT EVE.

DRY WX PTN WL CONTINUE THRU MID WEEK...THERE IS A SLGHT CHC FOR
RN ON TUES...I THING RAIN WILL STAY N AND S OF STL CWA.  ANOTHER
CDFNT WL CRS MO THUR AND FRI...THIS WL BRING A GOOD CHC FOR ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS.  FWCS AND MAVS TEMPS FCST LOOKS OK.

.STL...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL CWA FOR SAT.

VA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 1:27 AM CST, 18 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.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:42 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby

When
March 9, 1:45 AM CST
Where
Shelby County, Clarence
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.750, -92.283

Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby

When
March 9, 1:50 AM CST
Where
Shelby County, Shelbina
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.700, -92.050

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: 5280203, 5280204.