Thunderstorm Wind — Randolph, Illinois

2023-09-21 · near Houston, Randolph, Illinois

Event narrative

Two campers were rolled over and multiple more campers were damaged at the World Shooting Complex north of Sparta as a result of severe microburst winds.

Wider weather episode

A marginally severe environment characterized by low to mid-60s dewpoints and 1500-2000 J/kg of skinny SBCAPE resulted in scattered, disorganized thunderstorms across portions of eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. One of these thunderstorms produced a microburst, causing isolated severe wind damage in southern Illinois.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1148677. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.