Thunderstorm Wind — Randolph, Missouri

2020-05-04 · near Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri

Event narrative

Reports of tree limbs down on power lines, power outages and road signs blown down around Moberly. It was localized to an area along US-24 from Hunstville to the area of Holeman Rd and US-24 in Moberly including the area north of Rothewell Park.

Wider weather episode

The morning of May 3, 2020 brought a marginally severe storm into portions of east central Kansas and west central Missouri. This storm was somewhat isolated in the damage it caused, but the worsts of this two day event occurred the next day. The morning of May 4 started out incredibly active across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. In eastern Kansas several supercells formed and moved eastward into western Missouri. The initial round of supercells were generally decaying as they progressed eastward, but one particular supercell formed an enhanced downburst in western Bates County and produced between 70 and 90 mph winds. Upstream of this supercell in eastern Kansas 15-20 power poles were snapped near the intersection known as Jingo, KS. This storm then went on to produce heavy damage to trees and structures between Amsterdam and Butler. It was in this area just west of Passaic that a single fatality occurred when a tree fell into a house. After this storm moved out of the area a follow-up bow pushed through the same area producing pockets of strong winds that were recorded up to nearly 80 mph at more than one ASOS.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 892036. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.