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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
311 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 6-7, 2024 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE 2
UPDATE
AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF
SEDALIA MISSOURI FROM THE LINE OF STORMS THAT TRAVERSED THROUGH
THE REGION MONDAY, MAY 6TH, NIGHT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS STILL
BEING COLLECTED ON OTHER DAMAGE REPORTS PROVIDED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE NIGHT OF THE 6TH AND MORNING OF THE
7TH.
NORTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY TO CLAY COUNTY LINE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.22 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 10:59 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 N FERRELVIEW / PLATTE COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.3767 / -94.6712
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 11:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE RIDGELY / CLAY COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.4447 / -94.6001
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EMBEDDED CIRCULATION WITHIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED
IN A NARROW EF-0 TORNADO THAT BEGAN NORTH OF FERRELVIEW, MO AND
TRAVELED THROUGH NORTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY TOWARD THE CLAY
COUNTY LINE.
.BLUE SPRINGS/GRAIN VALLEY
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 11:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNW LAKE LOTAWANA / JACKSON COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.9682 / -94.2676
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 11:35 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 N GRAIN VALLEY / JACKSON COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.0282 / -94.2011
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EMBEDDED CIRCULATION IN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING
AROUND 10:26 PM CDT RESULTED IN A NARROW EF-1 TORNADO THAT BEGAN
IN SOUTH BLUE SPRINGS MISSOURI AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST FOR
5.5 MILES TO GRAIN VALLEY. GRAIN VALLEY HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE, WITH DAMAGE TO A FEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WITH ESTIMATED
100 MPH WINDS. THE TORNADO IMPACTED AN RV DEALERSHIP, WHERE
SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE MOVED AND TWO WERE FLIPPED INTO THE DITCH
NEAR THE EASTBOUND LANES OF I-70. TO TORNADO DECREASED IN
INTENSITY AS IT CROSSED THE INTERSTATE WITH SPORADIC EF-0 DAMAGE.
NORTH OF SEDALIA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 87 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 9.90 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/07/2024
START TIME: 12:51 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 WNW SEDALIA / PETTIS COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.7306 / -93.2993
END DATE: 05/07/2024
END TIME: 01:05 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 W CLIFTON CITY / PETTIS COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.7757 / -93.1292
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A CIRCULATION EMBEDDED IN THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED
THROUGH PETTIS COUNTY MONDAY (5/6/2024) NIGHT, RESULTED IN A
NARROW EF-1 TORNADO THAT BEGAN NORTHWEST OF SEDALIA AND TRAVELED
NEARLY 10 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. MOST DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES
AND VEGETATION, BUT SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME WAS SURVEYED.
MOBERLY2024
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/07/2024
START TIME: 01:43 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SW HUNTSVILLE / RANDOLPH COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.3902 / -92.5987
END DATE: 05/07/2024
END TIME: 01:56 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 WNW MOBERLY / RANDOLPH COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.4225 / -92.446
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 2160 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
DURING THE EARLY MORNING ON MAY 7. IT WAS INITIALLY WEAK,
DAMAGING MAINLY TREES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 2180 BEFORE IT
STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED ROUTE D. ONE PROPERTY FEATURED
MULTIPLE SMALL TREES UPROOTED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS AS WELL AS
MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. ALONG ROUTE D, MUCH LARGER TREES WERE DOWNED
OR UPROOTED, WITH MORE ROOF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A WATER TANK WAS
DESTROYED, WITH THE TOP BLOWN OVER 100 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST.
JUST EAST OF ROUTE D, SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AT THEIR TOPS IN
A LARGE GROVE. THE TORNADO THEN SHIFTED NORTHEASTWARD, DAMAGING A
BARN JUST WEST OF MOBERLY AS WELL AS SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO
THEN REACHED THE WEST SIDE OF MOBERLY, PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN. SEVERAL POWER
LINES AND POLES WERE DOWNED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF REED STREET
AND EMERSON STREET. MULTIPLE TREES WERE DOWNED TO THE NORTHEAST,
INCLUDING ON BOND STREET AND FRANKLIN STREET. SOME OF THESE TREES
WERE UPROOTED, FALLING ON PROPERTY AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE TREE
AND VEHICLE DAMAGE. SHINGLE DAMAGE AND BROKEN WINDOWS WERE ALSO
VISIBLE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST SOUTHWEST
OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WITH SPORADIC STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE
NOTED TO THE NORTHEAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOBERLY.
HIGBEE2024
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.06 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/07/2024
START TIME: 01:44 AM CDT
START LOCATION: HIGBEE / RANDOLPH COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.3004 / -92.5182
END DATE: 05/07/2024
END TIME: 01:47 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E HIGBEE / RANDOLPH COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.3099 / -92.4819
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF0 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHWEST OF HIGBEE, DAMAGING A
LARGE SECTION OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN. MOST OF THE DAMAGE
WAS TO TREES, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRING NEAR THE
RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALONG HIGHWAY A TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRACKS.
AN AUTOMOBILE WAS DISPLACED A COUPLE FEET IN A PARKING LOT, AND A
TRAILER WAS BLOWN INTO A BUSINESS PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY ALSO
FEATURED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. MULTIPLE LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN, AND SMALLER TREES WERE UPROOTED. SOME OF THESE TREES FELL
ONTO PROPERTY, DAMAGING A COUPLE OF VEHICLES AND SEVERAL
RESIDENCES. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG MONROE STREET
AS WELL. AS THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST, IT WEAKENED, DAMAGING
MAINLY SMALLER TREES AND LIMBS BEFORE LIFTING NEAR COUNTY ROAD
2560 NORTHEAST OF TOWN.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
NWS KANSAS CITY DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS
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