A strong cold front moved through the region, trigger strong to severe storms. Some of the storms produced damaging winds.
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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 episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through the region, trigger strong to severe storms. Some of the storms produced damaging winds.
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 Oct 14, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 328 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-151145- Greene IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-Bond IL-Fayette IL-Clinton IL- Marion IL-Washington IL-Randolph IL-Adams IL-Brown IL-Pike IL- Calhoun IL-Jersey IL-Madison IL-Saint Clair IL-Monroe IL-Knox MO- Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO- Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO- Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO- Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO- Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO- Madison MO-Reynolds MO- 328 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern and central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight Numerous severe thunderstorms are possible this evening into the early overnight hours, mainly across portions of central and northeastern Missouri and west-central Illinois. The main threat will be damaging winds. Large hail and isolated tornadoes will be secondary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed tonight for portions of northeastern and central Missouri and west-central Illinois. KD
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 208 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree branch onto Highway 15 about a mile north of Edina.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs across Monroe County, from Madison northeastward through Holliday, Paris, then onto Stoutsville.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto power lines in town.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees between Cyrene and Louisiana. In Louisiana, two large trees fell onto two unoccupied vehicles, destroying them.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, October 2017
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 725429, 725444, 725445, 725449.