Thunderstorm Wind in Stone County, Missouri

Thunderstorm Wind July 3, 2024 · Stone County, Missouri

99 mph

Estimated gust (86 kt)

$750K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 280 foot free standing cell phone tower collapsed. The strongest winds near 100 mph remained at the tower height, which was built at a 1308 foot elevation.

The wider storm

A northeast-southeast oriented cold front from central Kansas across northwest Missouri dropped southeast into the Missouri Ozarks during the afternoon and evening hours on July 3, 2024. Thunderstorms developed along the boundary, bringing hail between 1-3 inches and damaging winds. Of note was 100 mph winds resulting in a cell tower collapsing as well as 3 inch size hail in Stone County. A tornado also occurred in Stone County, resulting in multiple trees to be uprooted or snapped.

Began near Cape Fair (36.7400, -93.5400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Stone County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1205227. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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