Thunderstorm Wind — Crawford, Kansas

2009-05-08 · near Mc Cune, Crawford, Kansas

$3.0M

Property damage

74 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Damaging wind gusts occurred across much of the southern half of Crawford County. Damage occurred to numerous structures, trees, power poles, and crops. The most concentrated damage occurred at Southeast High School where the roof of the gymnasium was torn off. The baseball, softball, and football fields all experienced damage as well. In the town of Cherokee, 130 structures were damaged altogether. In McCune, 63 structures were damaged, as well as six vehicles and two grain elevators at the Co-Op.

Wider weather episode

An intense squall line impacted extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks with mainly damaging winds. However, 21 tornadoes developed over southern Missouri while some large hail was observed. Due to the straight line nature of the winds, damage was widespread and intense.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 173870. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.