Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 10, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 10, 2003
Start: 2003-05-10T19:50
End: 2003-05-10T19:50
Location: Missouri

May 10, 2003 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 7:45 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:45 PM CST, 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
845 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

CDFNT AT 01Z EXTDS FM NERN MO SWWD THRU CNTRL MO TO SWRN MO.  SVR WX
THREAT TO END WITH CD FROPA...SO WL BEGIN HACKING AWAY AT TOR
WATCHES #344 AND #349 AS THIS FNT MOVS THRU.

ON OTHER ITEMS...VERY STG CAA WL FLW FROPA...AND NOTING THAT TEMPS
DID NOT GET MUCH ABV 50 F ACRS NEB WHERE SC DECK EXISTED MOST OF THE
DAY BHND FNT.  MAY NEED TO TRIM MIN TEMPS TNGT AS WELL AS MAX TEMPS
ON SUN A LTL MORE ON A LATE EVNG UPDATE.

.STL...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA TNGT.
       TORNADO WATCH #344 TIL 04Z NRN TWO-THIRDS OF CWA
       TORNADO WATCH #349 TIL 07Z RMNDR OF CWA
TES

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 11:30 AM CST, 8 hours 20 minutes before

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-111200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1230 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

...SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI
AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
ENTIRE REGION INCLUDING QUINCY...HANNIBAL...JEFFERSON CITY...
COLUMBIA...THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA...CARLINVILLE...CENTRALIA...
SALEM...CHESTER AND FARMINGTON.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE CONTINUED POTENTIAL THAT THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE.  THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
OCCUR AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON
AS WELL AS EASTERN MISSOURI AND ADJACENT PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POTENTIAL THAT A
FEW OF THESE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE AND DAMAGING
TORNADOES...HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  IN ADDITION...THE ENTIRE AREA REMAINS UNDER A
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT.

REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS WELL AS
COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AFTER A REST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED DURING THE PAST
WEEK.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT...
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LSX (ALL LOWER CASE)

BRITT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 6:38 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
738 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    3N LIBERTY                IL   TORNADO
05/10/03   ADAMS                          DEBRIS REPORTED. REPORTED
                                          BY SEVERE WEATHER
                                          SPOTTERS.

Local storm report, May 10, 6:48 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
748 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    3NW KELLERVILLE           IL   TORNADO
05/10/03   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY SEVERE
                                          WEATHER SPOTTERS.

Local storm report, May 10, 6:52 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
752 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    CANTON                    MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/10/03   LEWIS                          COUNTY MARKET GROCERY
                                          STORE COMPLETELY
                                          DESTROYED AND CULVER
                                          STOCKTON COLLEGE
                                          SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO
                                          BUILDINGS. PUBLIC REPORT.

0740 PM    2S CLAYTON                IL   TORNADO
05/10/03   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY ADAMS COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                          AGENCY.

0745 PM    1SW MOUND STATION         IL   TORNADO
05/10/03   BROWN                          REPORTED BY BROWN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

Local storm report, May 10, 6:53 PM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    4W MT STERLING            IL   TORNADO
05/10/03   BROWN                          REPORTED BY ILLINOIS
                                          STATE POLICE.

Local storm report, May 10, 7:06 PM CST, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
806 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    5W ST. ROSE               IL   WIND DAMAGE
05/10/03   CLINTON                        TWO 6 INCH LIMBS DOWNED
                                          FROM TREE. REPORTED BY
                                          SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS.

Local storm report, May 10, 7:40 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
840 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0825 PM    ALMA                      IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   MARION                         REPORTED BY MARION COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boone

When: May 10, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Boone County, Columbia
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.950, -92.333

Emergency Management officials reported roof shingles blown off a home.

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

Every storm in Missouri in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, May 2003

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: 5358435.