Thunderstorm Wind — Cedar, Missouri

2009-05-08 · near Jerico Spgs, Cedar, Missouri

Event narrative

Fifty to 80 mph winds caused damage to trees, boat docks, and boats across southern and central Cedar County. The most significant damage occurred on Stockton Lake, where the State Park Marina, Orleans Trail Marina, and Mutton Creek Marina had expensive damage to docks and boats. The State Park Marina estimates that 1.2 million dollars of damage occurred to the wave wall proctector. One boat broke away from a dock and became wedged underneath the dock. In the campgrounds, numerous trees were knocked over and one of the bath houses was destroyed. Several other outbuildings and numerous trees were damaged across the southern portion of the county.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 174692. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.