1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 9, 3:30 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2002 STG CDFNT SWEEPING THRU CWA ENDING PCPN. SKIES WL CLR QUICKLY AS COLD AIR PLUNGES IN. LOOK FOR RPD CLRG BUT SHORT LIVED. HV FOLLOWED AVN FOR RETURN OF CLDS/PCPN INTO WRN PTNS CWA FRI AND REST OF AREA FRI NGT/SAT. WL KEEP THIS SHORT AS WE HAVE WX NOTIFICATION TO HAVE TO DO THIS MRNG BFR 6AM. STILL HAVE FF WARNINGS FOR A FEW COUNTIES AND FLOOD WRNGS FOR A FEW MORE TO DEAL WITH AS WELL. WILL MAKE LAST MINUTE CALLS TO THOSE COUNTIES AND MAKE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER TO CONTINUE THEM INTO THE MORNING OR NOT. UPDATED EXTENDED A BIT TO INCR POPS THRU WEEKEND AS WELL AND INCR MIN TEMPS. .STL...NONE. PEDIGO
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1052 AM CDT THU MAY 09 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0649 PM MADISON MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/08/02 MONROE REPORTED BY MONROE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0700 PM PARIS MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 MONROE TELEPHONE LINES DOWNED
SOUTH OF PARIS.
0910 PM COLUMBIA MO 70 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/02 BOONE 65-70 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL.
0910 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 BOONE SEVERAL TRAILERS DAMAGED
AT COTTONWOOD TRAILER
COURT ON FAIRGROUNDS AT
OAKLAND GRAVEL ROAD. ONE
TRAILER BLOWN OVER.
REPORTED BY BOONE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
1000 PM 1N KINGDOM CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 CALLAWAY POWER LINES DOWNED.
SEVERAL TREES ON HOUSES.
BARN AND GRAIN BIN
DESTROYED.
0130 AM 1E BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0130 AM 1SE POCAHONTAS IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 BOND LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON
TO ROOF OF HOUSE ON HUG
CEMETARY ROAD. TRAILER
HOUSE MOVED OFF OF
FOUNDATION NEARBY.
PUBLIC REPORT.
0130 AM BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON 1-2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES
BROKEN OFF AT MATERDEI
HIGH SCHOOL. REPORTED BY
SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0135 AM 1W CARLYLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON ROOF BLOWN OFF 1 STORY
3-BEDROOM HOUSE ON ROUTE
50. REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0135 AM 2E BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN
INTO FIELD. REPORTED BY
SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0140 AM BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. METAL SHED
DESTROYED. PART OF ROOF
RIPPED OFF HOME. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0145 AM OKAWVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. PORCH
DAMAGED. METAL STORAGE
BLDG DAMAGED.
0205 AM PATOKA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 MARION TREES DOWNED. ROOF OFF
SCHOOL PARTIALLY BLOWN
OFF. NUMEROUS TREES ON
SAME STREET EAST TO WEST
WERE BLOWN DOWN (KITOKA
STREET). HOME DAMAGED.
0210 AM CENTRALIA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 MARION *** 2 DEAD , 15 INJ ***
12 MOBILE HOMES WERE
DESTROYED NEAR 1800 SOUTH
PINE STREET IN CENTRALIA.
MOBILE HOMES LINED UP
NORTH TO SOUTH.
0700 AM 1S VANDALIA IL FLOODING
05/09/02 FAYETTE LEVEE ON KASKASKIA RIVER
BROKE. EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ON US-51 BETWEEN
VANDALIA AND SHOBONIER.
HIGHWAY IS CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC. REPORTED BY
FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
123 PM CDT THU MAY 09 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0649 PM MADISON MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/08/02 MONROE REPORTED BY MONROE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
0700 PM PARIS MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 MONROE TELEPHONE LINES DOWNED
SOUTH OF PARIS.
0910 PM COLUMBIA MO 70 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/02 BOONE 65-70 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL.
0910 PM COLUMBIA MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 BOONE SEVERAL TRAILERS DAMAGED
AT COTTONWOOD TRAILER
COURT ON FAIRGROUNDS AT
OAKLAND GRAVEL ROAD. ONE
TRAILER BLOWN OVER.
REPORTED BY BOONE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY.
1000 PM 1N KINGDOM CITY MO WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02 CALLAWAY POWER LINES DOWNED.
SEVERAL TREES ON HOUSES.
BARN AND GRAIN BIN
DESTROYED.
0130 AM 1E BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0130 AM 1SE POCAHONTAS IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 BOND LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON
TO ROOF OF HOUSE ON HUG
CEMETARY ROAD. TRAILER
HOUSE MOVED OFF OF
FOUNDATION NEARBY.
PUBLIC REPORT.
0130 AM BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON 1-2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES
BROKEN OFF AT MATERDEI
HIGH SCHOOL. REPORTED BY
SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0135 AM 1W CARLYLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON ROOF BLOWN OFF 1 STORY
3-BEDROOM HOUSE ON ROUTE
50. REPORTED BY SEVERE
WEATHER SPOTTERS. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0135 AM 2E BREESE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 CLINTON TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN
INTO FIELD. REPORTED BY
SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0145 AM OKAWVILLE IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED. PORCH
DAMAGED. METAL STORAGE
BLDG DAMAGED.
0205 AM PATOKA IL WIND DAMAGE
05/09/02 MARION TREES DOWNED. ROOF OFF
SCHOOL PARTIALLY BLOWN
OFF. NUMEROUS TREES ON
SAME STREET EAST TO WEST
WERE BLOWN DOWN (KITOKA
STREET). HOME DAMAGED.
0210 AM CENTRALIA IL TORNADO
05/09/02 MARION *** 2 DEAD , 15 INJ ***
F1 DAMAGE. 12 MOBILE
HOMES WERE DESTROYED NEAR
1800 SOUTH PINE STREET IN
CENTRALIA. MOBILE HOMES
LINED UP NORTH TO SOUTH.
0700 AM 1S VANDALIA IL FLOODING
05/09/02 FAYETTE LEVEE ON KASKASKIA RIVER
BROKE. EXTENSIVE
FLOODING ON US-51 BETWEEN
VANDALIA AND SHOBONIER.
HIGHWAY IS CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC. REPORTED BY
FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused relatively minor flooding along the Bourbeause River. The river peaked about 3.5 feel over flood stage on May 11.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 2002
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: 5291238.