Audrain storm history

One direct fatality occurred 5 miles north of Martinsburg when an old, dilapidated barn on Highway 54 collapsed on an individual seeking shelter from the thunderstorm. Large trees and tree limbs were blown down in Vandalia, Laddonia, and Mexico. Siding was also blown off a church…

A total of 5 to 7 inches of snow fell primarily during the morning hours. The snowfall rate reached 1 inch per hour at times.

Thunderstorm winds downed many tree limbs which took down powerlines. Winds caused roof damage to two buildings.

High temperatures in the upper 90s combined with high humidity to produce heat index values over 105 degrees for several days. The heat index peaked near 110 degrees.

Heavy rain caused numerous roads to become impassable in Audrain County. These include Highway 54 in Farber, two unnamed roads north of Laddonia, many roads in Laddonia proper, Highway BB just west of Highway W near Middletown, and Highway J at Highway B north of Rush Hill. A wat…

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines across Franklin County. Several vehicle accidents along I-44 were reported at this time as well.

The Vandalia Agricultural Site measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph.

Quarter sized hail fell about halfway between Auxvasse and Mexico.

The storm began early in the morning on the 5th with a combination of snow and sleet falling through midday. After a brief break in the afternoon, more snow fell in the evening accompanied by wind gusts as high as 35 mph leading to areas of blowing snow. A total of 5 to 9 inches …

Wind chill values dropped to as low as 39 below zero with the coldest values during the nighttime hours.

A period of very hot and extremely humid weather began on Sunday, August 20 and lasted through Friday, August 25. The combination of heat and humidity led to heat index values at the Mexico AWOS reaching as high as 115.

The AWOS at Mexico Memorial Airport measured a gust of 61 mph along the leading edge of a bowing segment independent from the primary line of storms.

Numerous large maple trees sustained damage with one tree blown over and another split in half. This occurred as a bowing segment largely independent of the primary line of storms passed over the location.

Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage across Mexico and Vandiver. Several trees were blown down as well a power lines and numerous tree limbs.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs and power lines around town. One large tree limb landed on a house causing minor roof damage.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

A wide swath of large hail fell across Audrain County from just west of Mexico northeastward to Vandalia. Large hail was also reported in Laddonia and Farber.

A long swath of large hail up to golfball size fell across Audrain County between Mexico and Vandalia. Large hail was also reported in Laddonia, Vandiver, Rush Hill, Benton City, and Farber.

Between 1 and 2 inches of snow fell. The snow combined with gusty northwest winds (35-45 mph gusts) created extremely hazardous travel with sporadic near-blizzard conditions during the heaviest snowfall. Road conditions deteriorated rapidly during this event.

Up to 7 inches of rain fell in a 6 to 10 hour period with the heaviest rain across the southern half of Audrain County. Numerous roads were flooded including U.S. Business 54, East Liberty Road at Reading Farms, South Morris Street, Lakeview Road at Elmwood Road, Fairground Road …

Widespread wind damage between Mexico and Laddonia with numerous trees, tree limbs, as well as power lines blown down. In Mexico, a house sustained moderate roof damage from a fallen tree. Just southwest of Laddonia, a large tree was blown down onto Highway KK, blocking both lane…

Precipitation started out as sleet with up to three quarters of an inch of sleet then around 3 to 6 inches of snow on top.

Eight to twelve inches of snow fell across Audrain County.

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree onto Highway J near the intersection with Highway B.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around Mexico and areas to the south and southeast of town.

Widespread wind damage between Laddonia, Rush Hill and Mexico. One tree was blown down onto Route KK just west of Highway 19. Another tree was blown down onto Route B at 6th Street in Rush Hill. A two foot diameter tree was blown over onto Central Street in Mexico. Also, numerous…

Up to 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded across the southern half of the county.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs. Also, in Farber some shingles were blown off of the roof of a house on west side of town.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs around Mexico and Laddonia. In Mexico, one large tree limb landed on a parked car causing moderate damage. Also, a small metal storage shed was blown onto the roadway near Holt Street and Martin Luther King Drive. In Laddonia, a la…

Thunderstorm winds blew down a 31 foot by 70 foot pole barn, with the debris blown south across the roadway two miles west northwest of Thompson. Also, several power lines were blown down between Thompson and the Audrain/Callaway County line.

Widespread freezing rain moved into Audrain County after 1230 am and persisted through 630 am, then a bit of a break before light snow developed and moved in around 130 pm. Overall at least three tenths of an inch of ice accumulation.

Up to five inches of rain fell in about a 3 hour period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including State Highway D at intersection with County Road 947, County Road 917 south of Highway D, County Road 919 north of Highway D, and intersection of Highways T and E…

Between 4 and 7 inches of snow fell across the county over a two day period, though the majority of the snow fell on the 15th.

Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in town.

Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soils. This caused widespread flash flooding with numerous roads across the county flooded.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and several power lines around town.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.