Thunderstorm Wind — Mcdonald, Missouri

2024-08-16 · near Anderson, Mcdonald, Missouri

Event narrative

Report of a collapsed wall on a metal building.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary over northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas on August 15, 2024, with thunderstorms developing just north of and along Interstate 44 by the evening. These storms persisted into the early morning hours of August 16, 2024, resulting in heavy rainfall measuring between 3.25 and 5.49 inches primarily east of Highway 65 in Webster, Wright, Howell, and Texas counties. Flash flooding occurred at multiple locations in Webster County, with areal flooding in Ozark, Douglas, and Texas counties. As the early morning hours progressed, these storms continued to push southeast out of the area by sunrise.

Later in the day, an east to west oriented frontal boundary stalled across south-central Kansas and Missouri, resulting in enough instability and deep layer shear for storms to initiate over Kansas during the early afternoon and push into southeast Kansas by the evening. As the storms moved into southwest Missouri, damaging winds up to 70 mph resulted in numerous reports of trees down in Newton, McDonald, Barry, and Taney counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1208113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.