Thunderstorm Wind — Lafayette, Missouri

2024-05-06 · near Wellington, Lafayette, Missouri

Event narrative

Sporadic tree and limb damage near Wellington and east to Lexington along US Highway 24 and Route 224.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1188272. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.