Saturday, May 16, 2009

5-16-09: A Look Back at This Week

We had 2 days of severe weather across Missouri this week:

1)WEDNESDAY: Tornadoes in Sullivan, Linn, and Adair Counties.

2)FRIDAY: Major flooding from a stubborn line of storms. Some hail. Awesome Outflow boundary

The tornadoes Wednesday were by far the most impressive of the week. There was nothing spectacular, but a tornado still managed to produce major damage in the Kirksville area. There were some injuries from this storm too.
On Friday, there were no tornadoes in the area, even though we were under a 10% risk of tornadoes and a Moderate risk of severe weather. Major flooding was reported just north of Kansas City as a strong line of storms produced up to 6” of rain. Roads were covered with water.
A “outflow boundary” of cool air from the storm produced some low-hanging shelf clouds. Some thought it was a rotating wall cloud. It was nothing serious thankfully, but an awesome cloud formation.

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