Name: Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 19, 2005
Start: 2005-09-19T00:00
End: 2005-09-19T00:02
Location: Missouri

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
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: 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.

The County Sheriff reported trees and large tree limbs down in Caledonia and Belgrade.

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 18, 2:23 PM CST, 9 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 2:23 PM CST, 9 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005

.DISCUSSION...
CONCERNS THIS PKG TO BE CHCS FOR PCPN AND TEMPS NR TERM. FAIRLY
PROGRESSIVE PTTN OVR RGN THRU PD WITH SVRL S/WVS MOVG THRU MAIN
BAND OF WLYS ACRS CTRL U.S. AT UPR LVLS 500MB HI ANCHORED OVR CTRL
GLF CSTL RGN WITH S/WV OVR CTRL/SRN PLNS MOVG QUCKLY E. NAM HAS
BTR DEFINITION ON THIS FTR AND MCS DVLPD ON NOSE OF LLJ OVRNGT SAT
WITH 85H FNT ACRS FA. CLDNS FM MRNG PCPN HAS CLRD FA...AND AFTN
TEMPS SHUD APCH FCSTD HIS IN L0-MID 8OS BFR SS. STGR S/WV OVR NRN
RCKY MTNS TO MOV QUICKLY E WITH SFC LO DVLPG OVR CTRL PLNS TNGT.
LLJ AGAIN XPCTD TO DVLP OVR NRN MO WITH MCS WELL N OF FA BUT SUM
CNVCTN LIKLEY OVR NRN ZNS BY MRNG WITH GOOD MSTR CONVERGENCE AND
MIDLVL UVV.

CDFNT WL MOV SE ACRS FA ON MON REACHING KSTL APPROX 00Z TUE. MDLS
SHWG GOOD AREA OF CNVCTN ALG AND AHD OF FNT WITH SQLN DVLPMT
LIKELY DURG AFTN. WL CONT HI CHC POPS OVR FA FOR 2ND PD. TEMPS TO
BE WELL ABV NRML FOR MON WITH ONLY 4-6 DEG COOLING AFT FROPA FOR
MAXES TUE.

XTNDD PD SHUD BE DRY WITH TEMPS 5-8 DEG ABV NRML THRU LATE WK.
ANTHR CDFNT TO CROSS RGN THU NGT WITH LO CHC POPS FOR NERN ZNS FRI
AND FRI NGT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ST LOUIS        71  89  64  85 /  50  50  40  10
QUINCY          67  85  58  81 /  70  40  10  10
COLUMBIA        68  88  61  84 /  50  50  30  20
JEFFERSON CITY  68  88  61  84 /  50  50  30  20
SALEM           65  86  61  81 /  40  40  40  10
FARMINGTON      66  89  63  83 /  40  40  40  10

&&

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

WDB

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 1:45 PM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
245 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191200-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOND IL-BOONE-BROWN IL-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-
245 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 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 FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY
FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SIMILAR FORCES WILL BE AT WORK THIS
EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI TO DEVELOP ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX...SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WENT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS
PAST MORNING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 70.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AREAWIDE MONDAY AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
SOUTHEAST OF THE ST LOUIS METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EDGES OUR AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70.

TES

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: September 19, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Belgrade
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.783, -90.867

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: September 19, 12:02 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Caledonia
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.767, -90.783

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

More

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: 5475937, 5475936.