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Thunderstorm Wind in Pike County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind August 12, 2023 · Pike County, Missouri

69 mph
Estimated gust (60 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter submitted photos of a large 8-10 inch tree limb down at their residence. The spotter noted a large evergreen was down near the Dollar General and multiple smaller limbs less than 4 inches in diameter were down throughout town. This occurred as the leading edge of the line of storms surged as it passed over town.

The wider storm

Overnight August 11th into August 12th, discrete supercells congealed into a convective complex. This system produced widespread wind damage from northeast Missouri and west central Illinois as far south as the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

Began near Louisiana (39.4499, -91.0500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1145200. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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