Thunderstorm Wind — Morgan, Missouri

2025-05-19 · near Versailles, Morgan, Missouri

Event narrative

Multiple trees and power lines were reported to be down. Additionally, a lightning strike caused a house fire, and a nearby machine shop suffered heavy damage.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours. This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall. The intense rainfall led to some localized flash flooding, areal flooding and river flooding.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (38.4300, -92.8400)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1260455. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.