National Weather Service Storm damage reports

ST. LOUIS and PADUCAH – The St. Louis and Paducah NWS offices passed along the following storm damage reports in the River Region counties of Perry and Ste. Genevieve in Missouri and Randolph in Illinois.

 

They are arranged chronologically.

 

03/15/2026     0515 PM  Ste. Genevieve  MO   Emergency Mngr

 

Tree debris is blocking a part of Hwy D just north of Hwy O. Time of damage estimated from radar.

 

03/15/2026   0538 PM   Randolph  IL   Emergency Mngr

 

Power poles and live power lines down along Route 155 west of Ruma. Similar damage along

Route 3 south of Ruma.

 

03/15/2026    5:41 p.m.    Randolph   IL   Emergency Mngr

 

Several large power poles snapped along IL 3 south of Ruma at this location. Time estimated from radar.

 

03/15/2026    5:42 p.m.  Randolph    IL   Emergency Mngr

 

A portion of the roof of Trinity Lutheran Church one mile north of Prairie was removed. Time estimated from radar.

 

Other significant reports outside of the River Region:

 

Multiple line down reports. Building with no roof collapsed in Zeigler. Around 200+ power outages at 11:38 a.m. in Franklin County, IL.

 

Witt and Nokomis in Montgomery, Illinois experienced significant damage with trees on homes, poles snapped, campers blown around and rolled over at 9:16 p.m. There were also reports of significant damage to Nokomis High School.

 

Rotating wall cloud or funnel cloud photographed prior to a car port being lifted and set upon a house one mile south of Park Hills in St. Francois County, Missouri at 5:08 p.m. In addition, a row of power lines was bent over.

 

Bollinger County Road 216 blocked by trees and Bollinger County Road 218 blocked by a shed at 6:20 p.m. Time estimated by radar.

 

Power poles downed near the intersection of Hwy 61 and Hwy CC three miles northwest of Pocahontas in Cape Girardeau County, MO at 6:39 p.m.

 

The peak wind gust reported at Ste. Genevieve was 42.9 miles an hour at 9:34 a.m. Sunday.

 

The Perryville Regional Airport reported a gust of 52 miles an hour at 9:55 a.m. Sunday.

The Paducah National Weather Service posts its storm damage reports here: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=PAH&issuedby=PAH&product=LSR&format=CI&version=20&glossary=1

 

The St. Louis National Weather Service posts its storm damage reports here:

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LSX&issuedby=LSX&product=LSR&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1