Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- May 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County, Belleview
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.683, -90.750
Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 12, 2002
The County Sheriff reported trees down in Belleview and Ironton. Several county roads had to be cleared of downed trees by highway personnel.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- 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
- 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.
The County Sheriff reported trees down in Belleview and Ironton. Several county roads had to be cleared of downed trees by highway personnel.
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 May 12, 3:30 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:30 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 PROBS THIS PKG TO BE HVY PCPN TNGT. CDFNT SAGGING SLOLY S ACRS FA AND STG TSRA DVLPG ALG AND MOVG NE. THIS ACTVTY TO CONT THRU EVE UNTIL FNT MVS FRTHR S AND T0H S/WV MVS E. WL CONT FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR SERN ZNS BUT THINK PCPN ONLY LGT TO W AND N AND WL DROP WATCH THERE. FFG VERY LOW OVR ALL OF FA AND TSTMS WL AGGRAVATE SITN OVR SRN ZNS TNGT. PCPN SHUD END LT TNGT OVR SRN ZNS WITH CLRG ON MON. MDL TEMPS IN GD AGMT AND ACCPTD WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS. 50H RDG BLDG OVR CTRL US THRU MID WK AND DRY CONDS INTO XTNDD WITH NXT CHC PCPN BACKED OFF TIL THU AS NXT SYS APCHS FM W. .STL...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TNGT FOR SERN ZNS. WDB
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 2:27 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
327 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0254 PM NEW LONDON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02 RALLS QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND.Local storm report, May 12, 3:43 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
443 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0254 PM NEW LONDON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02 RALLS QUARTER TO GOLF BALL
SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
GROUND.
0427 PM GODFREY IL WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02 MADISON POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY MADISON COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
0150 PM MILLERSBURG MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/02 CALLAWAY REPORTED IN MILLERSBURG
AND ALONG I-70Special weather statement, May 12, 5:30 PM CST, 20 minutes before
ILZ058>060-064-065-098>100-MOZ036-051-052-059>061-063-064-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 630 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT ACROSS A PORTION OF THE REGION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...PIKE...MONTGOMERY...LINCOLN... WARREN...ST CHARLES...GASCONADE...ST LOUIS AND ST LOUIS CITY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...CALHOUN...GREENE...MACOUPIN...JERSEY... MADISON...MONTGOMERY...BOND AND FAYETTE.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:48 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Iron
- When
- May 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Iron County, Ironton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.600, -90.633
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
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flooding in Illinois, May 12 to 31, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 12, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, May 12, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 12 to 13, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 12 to 14, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 12, 2002
- Flood in Alaska, May 12 to 14, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, May 12 to 19, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 12 to 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 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: 5291922, 5291923.