Thunderstorm Wind in Jasper County, Missouri
Thunderstorm Wind May 8, 2009 · Jasper County, Missouri
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Sixty to 90 mph winds impacted nearly all of Jasper County. Damage to trees, structures, buisiness signs, and power poles was widespread. The most significant damage occurred from winds knocking over a television tower at KSN TV on the west side of Joplin. This television tower fell into portions of the studio building, and caused the station to be off-air for several weeks. Part of the tower also fell on a nearby residence, destroying a vehicle and damaging a house. Thousands of Jasper County residences were left without power for several days. Several other homes were damaged from large trees falling on them. The Joplin Globe estimated that at least 2,000 homes had some roof damage and nearly 1500 trees were knocked over.
The wider storm
An intense squall line impacted extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks with mainly damaging winds. However, 19 tornadoes along with large hail was also observed. Due to the straight line nature of the winds, damage was widespread and intense.
Began near Belle Center (37.0979, -94.6143).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
17 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 174513. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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