Thunderstorm Wind in Macoupin County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind July 16, 2023 · Macoupin County, Illinois

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

The wider storm

This round of storms was due to an outflow boundary from earlier activity. As it moved east through the afternoon hours it interacted with a rather unstable air mass with surface based CAPE in excess of 3000 J/kg. The main threat from these storms was damaging winds.

Began near Dorchester (39.0521, -89.8851).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1128559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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