Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 24, 2004

Name: Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 24, 2004
Start: 2004-08-24T12:50
End: 2004-08-24T12:50
Location: Missouri

August 24, 2004 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in High Ridge. Several trees were reported down blocking Antire Road in House Springs.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in High Ridge. Several trees were reported down blocking Antire Road in House Springs.

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 Aug 24, 12:30 AM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 12:30 AM CST, 12 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
130 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

.DISCUSSION...
MCS IN WRN MO IN DRFTING S OR SE WITH THE 1000-500 THICKENSS PTN.
SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL REDELOP WITH NEW OUTFLOW BOUNDY ACRS SRN MO LATER
TODAY.

UPPER TROF WILL BE WEST OF MO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
THIS WILL PRODUCE UNSTABLE AMS ACRS MISSOURI WITH A CHC FOR SHOWERS
AND TSTMS ALMOST EVERY PD THIS WEEK.  BY SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE SOME
MOISTER WILL BE BLOCKED FROM THE GULF INTO TTHE MIDWEST...I AM NOT
RULING ISOLATED TSTMS TO DEVELOP BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT MAINLY
AFTER A CHC FOR ALMOST EVERY DAY APPEAR TO BE DRY FOR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

TEMPS FCST WILL BE IN THE 80S MOST OF THE TIME...BY WED AND THURSDAY
SW FLW WILL PUSH TEMPS FEW DGRS HIGHER TO NEAR 90.  THE LOWS WILL
BE IN THE 60S.  DONT SEE ANY EXTREME TEMPS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
FOR NOW.

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 10:32 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1132 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

ILZ058-059-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-
059>065-072-073-251200-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-
FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-JEFFERSON-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-
MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-
OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-
ST LOUIS CITY-WARREN-WASHINGTON-
1132 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
ACROSS MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALSO REDEVELOP
OVER THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL UP TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE
MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  AS A RESULT THERE WILL BE
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE PUSHED FROM THE NORTHERN PLAIN
INTO BI-STATE REGION BY SUNDAY WITH COOLER AND  DRIER AIR MASS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ILZ060-064-065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-251200-
BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-IRON-MADISON-MARION IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL-
1132 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SOME SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BRIEF DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS THE
MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  AS A RESULT THERE WILL BE
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE PUSHED FROM THE NORTHERN PLAIN
INTO BI-STATE REGION BY SUNDAY WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

BRITT

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: August 24, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, High Ridge
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.467, -90.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: August 24, 12:50 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, House Spgs
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.417, -90.567

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 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, August 2004

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: 5419762, 5419763.