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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
904 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/23/2026 TORNADO EVENT
CLAY COUNTY KCMO - NASHUA NEIGHBORHOOD
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 08:57 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 E FERRELVIEW / CLAY COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.2999 / -94.5827
END DATE: 04/25/2026
END TIME: 09:00 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 SSE SMITHVILLE / CLAY COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.304 / -94.5542
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN JUST EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169 IN NASHUA,
PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE NEAR MAIN STREET TO OAK
TRAFFICWAY. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED AS IT MOVED EAST TO
CHARLOTTE STREET, PRODUCING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE BETWEEN 113TH
STREET AND 115TH STREET AS IT BEGAN MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
TRACY AVENUE AND VIRGINIA AVENUE. A FEW TREES FELL ONTO AND
DAMAGED VEHICLES AND HOMES. THE TORNADO CONTRACTED AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST TOWARD CUNNINGHAM DRIVE AND WOODLAND AVENUE,
DISSIPATING SHORTLY AFTER DAMAGING SEVERAL TREES AT A RESIDENCE
JUST NORTH OF COOKINGHAM DRIVE.
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY MO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 09:11 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ESE TRIMBLE / CLAY COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.4553 / -94.4915
END DATE: 04/23/2026
END TIME: 09:15 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 E TRIMBLE / CLINTON COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.4633 / -94.4687
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR 200TH STREET ON THE CLAY COUNTY SIDE
OF THE CLINTON/CLAY COUNTY BORDER. IT PRODUCED MINOR TREE DAMAGE
ALONG 200TH STREET BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD 204TH STREET.
SEVERAL TREES WERE VISIBLY SNAPPED NEAR THEIR TOPS ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE TREE GROVE NEAR OWL CREEK. THE TORNADO THEN DAMAGED
SEVERAL TREES AND POWER POLES ALONG 204TH STREET. METAL DEBRIS
WAS STREWN ONTO TREES AND PROPERTY AT A RESIDENCE ALONG THE ROAD.
THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTH OF THE ROAD, DAMAGING SEVERAL MORE
TREES BEFORE DISSIPATING WEST OF FIGHTMASTER ROAD. NOTABLY, THERE
WAS MINOR/SPORADIC TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
TORNADO TRACK, BUT AS ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WAS NORTHEAST-FACING,
THIS APPEARS TO BE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE.
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.
KURTZ/CMS
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