EF1 tornado in Jackson County, Missouri

NWS storm survey confirmed a 5.5 mile long EF-1 tornado associated with a QLCS that began near the intersection of Missouri 7 Highway and Wyatt Road in south Blue Springs where it destroyed a small gazebo in a residential area. The tornado then continued to the northeast, where it damaged several commercial buildings on SW Eagles Parkway in Grain Valley. The tornado then crossed Interstate 70 in Grain Valley, where it blew over a semi truck and flipped two RV trailers from an RV dealership into a ditch. The damage path ended just north of Interstate 70 in Grain Valley. Estimated wind speeds were as high as 100 mph.

In the late evening hours of May 6th and early morning hours of May 7th, several severe linear features moved through Missouri from west to east. These produced widespread 60 mph straight line wind damage with numerous embedded QLCS mesovortices and a few confirmed QLCS tornadoes.