Missouri, 2002

Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002

May 7, 2002 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Wind gusts estimated near 90 mph caused considerable damage at the North Shore Marina, a 105 slip marina on the Mississppi River. Numerous boat docks were destroyed by the wind, with some ripped out of the water and deposited on shore.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.8 million
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.

Wind gusts estimated near 90 mph caused considerable damage at the North Shore Marina, a 105 slip marina on the Mississppi River. Numerous boat docks were destroyed by the wind, with some ripped out of the water and deposited on shore. Some cars were crushed under debris and aluminum siding was peeled back on buildings. About 75 percent of the $2 million marina was destroyed.

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 6, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:00 PM CST, 11 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
300 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002

LINE OF SHWRS AND TSTM CRS OUR CWA THIS LAST NIGHT AND THIS
MORNING...FEW STORMS STIL PRESENT IN SW IL.  HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED
OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNG...ALONG WITH HAIL AND WIND.  FFG FOR CNTRL
AND NE MO SHWD ONE ARND ONE INCH FOR 3 HOURS PCP...IN THE SRN
COUNTIES AROUND 2 INCHES.  CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT ARE SIMALR THAN
LAST NIGHT...MDLS PLACE A WIDE BAND OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MO.
I WILL ISSUED FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OUR CWA TNGT AND TUES MORNG.

ETA CRS SECTION FOR STL AND COU PLACE EVEN BETTER CHC TUES NIGHT...
WITH BETTER LIFT.  BUT MDLS DIFFER A BIT IN AMTS AND PLACE FOR RAIN.

MRF SHWD FNT CRSNG MO THURS...WITH DRY WX PTN FRI AND EARLY SAT.
RAIN WL MOVE INTO WRN MO LATE FRI AND SAT...KP RAIN FOR SAT IN WRN
AND NE...AND FOR SUN AND FOR THE REST OF CWA.

.STL...FLOOD WATCH FOR TNGT AND TUE MRNG FOR ENTIRE CWA.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:26 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles

When
May 7, 1:26 AM CST
Where
St. Charles County, Portage Des Sioux
Measured
76 kt (87 mph)
Property damage
$1.8 million
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
38.933, -90.350

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles

When
May 7, 1:48 AM CST
Where
St. Charles County, 2 mi N of Orchard Farm
Measured
76 kt (87 mph)
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
38.917, -90.450

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.

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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: 5291402, 5291403.