Jefferson City Missouri hit with possibly huge tornado

[xmas74]

Breaking story. Search and rescue underway.

[sprinkleeninow]

1. "Lord, have mercy!"

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. It hit a Best Western.

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Updated at 4:30. Reporting no deaths so far.

[xmas74]

3. Trying to contact friends

Towers might be down, no answer.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Don't panic. They said a lot of lines are down.

I can't sleep. Too worried.

[Lochloosa]

14. Here's the location

The Missouri Department of Public Safety reported extensive damage along Ellis Boulevard near Highway 54 in Jefferson City.

[xmas74]

22. That's the path it followed from Eldon.

I took that path just a few weeks ago.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Did you reach them?

No casualties so far. A few injuries. Lots if damage.

[xmas74]

16. No but no fatalities

So I'm not as worried. We knew people at the graduation in Joplin so now it's always a worry whenever there's a tornado. Before Joplin I could usually brush them off but after put some fear in me

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. No deaths reported so far. nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Ellis boulevard near highway 54.

Does that mean anything to you,?

[xmas74]

8. 54 rakes you in from Eldon.nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. governor says people are trapped amid damage; 3 dead, several injuries after severe storms in SW Mo.

The National Weather Service issued an emergency late Wednesday after a “violent tornado” was reported in the Jefferson City area.
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The Missouri Department of Public Safety posted a message on Twitter at 12:52 a.m. Thursday saying the storm left extensive damage along Ellis Boulevard near U.S. 54 in Jefferson City.

Power lines were down and first responders were going door to door. Traffic was being diverted.
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The state capital has a population of about 43,000 people. About 5,000 customers in the city were without power at 1:20 a.m., according to the Ameren power company’s online outage map. More than 6,400 customers of Three Rivers Electric Cooperative in the city and surrounding area were also without power as of 1:40 a.m., according to the company’s outage map.
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article230733039.html

Three people died and several were injured after another round of severe storms hit southwest Missouri Wednesday night, according to a tweet from the Missouri Department of Public Safety.

“Law enforcement can confirm three fatalities in the Golden City area of Barton County and several injuries in the Carl Junction area of Jasper County,” the department said in its Twitter post.

The deaths were reported late Wednesday after the National Weather Service received several reports of tornadoes in southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri, including one “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado” that prompted warnings to parts of Jasper and Barton counties in Missouri.

Doug Cramer, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri, said crews would be sent out Thursday to survey the damage.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article230732829.html

[xmas74]

9. Jasper Co

Is where Joplin is. Yep, they were hit again, though not that bad.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. The 3 dead were from another touchdown.

Fatalities are going to go up

These things are always awful but when they hit in the middle of the night it is even worse.

This thing was huge.
.

[nitpicker]

10. Link to KOMU News Twitter

https://twitter.com/KOMUnews

[xmas74]

21. Good source nt

[Sherman A1]

11. Wow!

Just Wow!

[xmas74]

18. I had straight lines of over 70 mph

A mile from home. No damage noticed except for a limb. That was in Centerview.

[Sherman A1]

28. We had lots of rain & lighting

but no damage in North St. Louis County. A friend in South City said she lost power overnight.

[xmas74]

31. We still have more coming over the next few days.

We haven't made it to Memorial Day and the rivers are ready to flood.

This is going to be a nasty summer.

[malaise]

13. Damn

Hope there are no fatalities

On CNN now - no reports of deaths at this time

[xmas74]

20. They're still going door to door.

I heard all the scaffolding was torn off the capital building.

[malaise]

23. Saw another thread saying three dead so far

Too sad

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. There were 3 killed just outside of Joplin earlier.

I haven't seen any fatalities so far for Jefferson City.

[xmas74]

30. I think that was the one near Joplin. Nt

[UniteFightBack]

17. The news said the tornado was on the ground for an HOUR. Holy Shit. I can't imagine living

in tornado or hurricane country and don't think I ever will.

[xmas74]

19. It traveled straight up 54 hwy

I heard it was insane.

At least it wasn't like Joplin.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. I have lived here almost 50 years

and have never seen a tornado. One went over the top of my house a few years ago. 2 in the morning. Strangest sound.


KCMO is pretty hilly. We don't seem to get them often. We get some little ones that touch down, do a little damage and then go back up. .

There was a really bad one in Ruskin Heights in the early 50's so it can happen.

[loyalsister]

26. Sirens were endless!

I am 30 miles away and it seemed like they were going on for hours.
Tragically, JC is about to get hit with flooding as the swollen river is hitting mid-Mo soon.

[tblue37]

27. Video:

[loyalsister]

29. Update WP article with pics and footage

It is truly devastating.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/23/jefferson-city-missouri-tornado/?fbclid=IwAR08O1emBqtVwDdw_0JzYGSEevHEPk94BIOxQ8JG3kw4M4gwIxKQxUc_-LU&noredirect=on&utm_term=.f0e56d2c0856