Thunderstorm Wind — De Kalb, Missouri

2018-07-19 · near Osborn, De Kalb, Missouri

Event narrative

Three power poles were broken at the base, a large business sign was blown down, and several trees were damaged when strong winds came through the north side of Cameron.

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon of Thursday, July 19, significant severe weather occurred in the EAX CWA in two distinct but consecutive rounds. The first round was a line of supercells that formed over the eastern Kansas City metro, produced significant hail up to baseball size, and drifted south southeast with time; the second was an MCS dropping southeast out of the TOP CWA and producing straight-line winds across southwestern portions of the EAX CWA.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 773021. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.