Thunderstorm Wind, Dunklin
- When
- May 18, 9:30 PM CST to 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County, Kennett
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.233, -90.067
A few trees were blown down.
Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 18, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $5,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 18, 8:42 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 8:42 PM CST, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 942 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2002 A SFC HIGH OVER MO WILL CONT TO BUILD SEWD TOWARD OUR CWFA. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING...BUT WILL CONT FROM THE NORTH IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE FOR THE REST OF TNT WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN SHELTERED AREAS. DIURNAL CU HAS DIMINISHED WITH ONLY SOME CI STREAMING ACROSS THE SE CWA. TEMPS ARE AVERAGING IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S RANGE AND ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK FOR NEAR RECORD OVERNIGHT LOWS IN MANY AREAS. PLAN ON UPDATING FORECAST TO REMOVE MAINLY OUTDATED WORDING. .MEG...NONE. SWC
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Cold in Georgia, May 18 to 23, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 18, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 18, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, May 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 18, 2002
- Winter Storm in New York, May 18, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 18, 2002
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 18 to 24, 2002
- Flood in Oklahoma, May 18, 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: 5298602.