Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 13, 2005

Name: Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 13, 2005
Start: 2005-09-13T20:40
End: 2005-09-13T20:45
Location: Missouri

September 13, 2005 · NWS LSX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Local law enforcement reported trees down blocking some streets in Holts Summit. Storm spotters reported a few trees down north of town.

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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 down blocking some streets in Holts Summit. Storm spotters reported a few trees down north of town.

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 Sep 13, 2:35 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:35 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
335 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...PRETTY BUSY AROUND HERE WITH WATCH IN EFFECT BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE AMS OVR OUR AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABLIZE AS THE
SHORT WAVE APPROACHES AND CDFNT MOVES OUR WAY. SWLY FLOW ALOFT
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SVRL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE DEVELOPING FM LAKE OF THE OZARKS SOUTHWEST WITH A COUPLE OF
THEM ALREADY REACHING SUPERCELL STATUS.  LOOK FOR ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING.  TSTM WATCH 783 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED TO SEE ANOTHER WATCH FURTHER EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

IN LONGER RANGE CDFNT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA AND
SLOW OR STALL TO THE SOUTH. THEN SOME OVERRUNNING IS POSSIBLE
ALG/N OF THE FNT THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT.  ETA HAS REALLY BIT
THE BULLET AND CREATES HEAVY RAIN OVR OUR AREA. IT IS THE ODD
MAN OUT HOWEVER AND AT THIS POINT WILL FCST CHC POPS FOR SRN PTN
OF THE COUNTY AREA AND WAIT FOR FURTHER MODEL DATA TO LIFT IT
ANY FURTHER NORTH.

&&

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

PEDIGO

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 6:25 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
725 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-141100-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-CLINTON IL-
COLE-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE IL-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-GREENE IL-IRON-JEFFERSON-
JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON-MADISON IL-MARION-
MARION IL-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY-MONTGOMERY IL-OSAGE-
PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST CHARLES-
ST CLAIR IL-ST FRANCOIS-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-STE GENEVIEVE-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL-
725 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY JUST SOUTH OF MISSOURI...
CAUSING A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REGION
INTO THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:55 PM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
855 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     HAIL             1 SW PALOMA             40.01N 91.21W
09/13/2005  0.88 INCH        ADAMS              IL   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

PEDIGO

Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:57 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
857 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     HAIL             EMDEN                   39.80N 91.86W
09/13/2005  0.88 INCH        SHELBY             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

PEDIGO

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 8:06 PM CST, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
906 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

MOZ041>042-047>051-059-072-140315-
AUDRAIN-BOONE-CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-GASCONADE-MONITEAU-
MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-
906 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 783 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...

IN MISSOURI THIS CANCELS 9 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

AUDRAIN... BOONE... CALLAWAY...
COLE... MONITEAU... OSAGE...

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

CRAWFORD... GASCONADE... MONTGOMERY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...
JEFFERSON CITY AND MEXICO.

Local storm report, Sep 13, 8:09 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
909 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     TSTM WND GST     STEELVILLE              37.97N 91.36W
09/13/2005  0 MPH            CRAWFORD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING STREETS IN TOWN

&&

PEDIGO

Local storm report, Sep 13, 8:14 PM CST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
914 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CALIFORNIA              38.63N 92.57W
09/13/2005                   MONITEAU           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A FEW VERY LARGE TREES DOWN IN CALIFORNIA BLOCKING ROADS.

&&

PEDIGO

Local storm report, Sep 13, 8:19 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
919 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S CALIFORNIA          38.56N 92.57W
09/13/2005                   MONITEAU           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN 5 SOUTH OF CALIFORNIA BLOCKING
            HIGHWAY 87.

&&

PEDIGO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:40 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Callaway

When: September 13, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Callaway County, Holts Summit
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.650, -92.117

Thunderstorm Wind, Callaway

When: September 13, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Callaway County, 3 mi N of Holts Summit
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.700, -92.117

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, September 2005

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: 5476167, 5476166.