Thunderstorms, hail and at least four tornadoes left a line of damage in northern Missouri and Louisiana Thursday evening.
The Associated Press reports at least four homes were damaged by a tornado around Trenton, Mo. just after 4 p.m. CT. According to a Grundy County Emergency Manager, one home had its walls heavily damaged and its roof removed just south of Tindall, Mo.
About 40 minutes earlier, a tornado near Jameson, Mo. destroyed a home and outbuilding, and downed seven power poles across a highway. The National Weather Service in Kansas City confirmed that four tornadoes touched down in the event in Missouri and Louisiana:
- An EF1 with maximum winds of 95 mph that tracked from just east of Weatherby to an area southwest of Jameson.
- An EF2 that was in progress north of Jameson, packing winds as high as 130 mph.
- An EF2 with winds as high as 120 mph that left homes damaged near Tindall.
- An EF1 with winds as high as 110 mph that damaged homes and felled trees in Ball, Louisiana.
"While only a small fraction of these storms have produced funnel clouds and tornadoes, the majority of them dumped hail throughout extreme eastern Kansas and Missouri," explained weather.com meteorologist Chrissy Warrilow. Hail up to two inches in diameter pelted the south and east sides of the Kansas City metro, slightly larger than golf-ball size.
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Below we have some photos of Thursday's storm damage from social media.
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