Thunderstorm Wind, St. Clair
- When
- May 7, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, Tiffin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.950, -93.933
Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 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
- 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 1:00 PM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:00 PM CST, 11 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 200 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 FORECAST CONCERNS: PRECIPITATION CHANCES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED FROM EMPORIA KANSAS TO SPRINGFIELD THIS AFTERNOON. NOTHING HAD FORMED ON THAT BOUNDARY...YET. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO MOVED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 60S ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH A GUSTY SOUTH WIND AND READINGS NEAR 80 SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY FROM CHANUTE TO JOPLIN. 18Z SOUNDING FROM SPRINGFIELD HAS A MINIMAL CAPPING INVERSION (0.7C). PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER FOR A DOUBLE BARREL WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT: SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...NEAR THE OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. MODERATE RISK FOR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA PER STORM PREDICTION CENTER LOOKS REASONABLE...STRONG 850 MB THETA E CONVERGENCE AT 00Z OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS/WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI HELPING TO INITIATE THE STORMS. OVERNIGHT...A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN KANSAS AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL OTHER AREAS OF 850 MB THETA E CONVERGENCE MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2.00 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. WILL HOIST A FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. WATERS BECOME MUDDIER TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS. STRONGER AREA OF 850 MB THETA E CONVERGENCE INDICATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS BY 00Z WEDNESDAY. LOW CHANCE POPS WARRANTED...SINCE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE TO OUR NORTH. LINE OF STORMS THEN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALONG COLD FRONT. HAVE ALSO BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND AND PARTIAL SUNSHINE. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED: ADDED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...ALTHOUGH EXTENDED MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT. 240 HOUR MRF 500 MB HEIGHTS LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE 00 HOUR INITIALIZATION. LOOKS LIKE THE HEART OF THE SPRING SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IS UPON US. THANKS TO NDFD WFOS FOR IM COORDINATION. PRELIMINARY ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT. FCSTID = 8 SGF 64 79 64 83 / 70 30 30 40 JLN 68 82 66 85 / 70 30 30 40 UNO 64 79 64 82 / 70 30 30 40 VIH 64 78 64 84 / 70 30 30 40 AIZ 64 78 64 84 / 70 30 30 40 .SGF... MO...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES MOZ055>058...MOZ066>071...MOZ077>081...MOZ083...MOZ089. KS...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES KSZ073...KSZ097. SUTTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 8:59 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ055>058-067-070900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 959 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 244...IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BENTON...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN AND ST. CLAIR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. GAEDE
Special weather statement, May 6, 11:48 PM CST, 37 minutes before
MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>095-071145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1248 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 245...IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... DENT...GREENE...HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES... MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR... TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BOLIVAR... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER MAY NOT BE IMMINENT...PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:27 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
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7 to 11, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 7 to 8, 2002
- High Wind in Idaho, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 2002
More
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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: 5293993.