Thunderstorm Wind — Christian, Missouri

2009-05-08 · near Billings, Christian, Missouri

$7.0M

Property damage

78 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Sixty to 90 mph winds created widespread damage to trees, structures, and power poles across much of the county. Roof damage to homes and businesses was significant in and around the communities of Billings, Nixa, Highlandville, and Ozark. Two mobile homes were heavily damaged in Highlandville from large trees falling on them. Several power poles were knocked over in Nixa, causing damage to some of the mobile units of the school district.

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 174700. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.