Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

Overview

An early spring severe weather system moved through far eastern Kansas and western Missouri causing several supercell thunderstorms to produce large hail up to 2 inches in diameter across the Kansas City Metro area. Farther to the north, across Daviess and Grudy Counties several tornadoes were reported. Several structures sustained heavy damage in and around the Jameson area. As the storm continued to the northeast it produced one more tornado that caused damage to several residences and structures in and around Tindall.

Distribution of severe weather reports from March 27, 2014.

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Tornado
Hail

Tornadoes:

Western Daviess County Tornado
DAVIESS COUNTY, MISSOURI

Date	March 27, 2014
Time (Local)	3:03 pm - 3:15 pm CDT
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	86-110 mph
Path Length	9.4 miles
Max Width	200 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0
Summary: A weak tornado persisted for about 12 minutes as it traversed across rural portions of Daviess County. A mobile home was overturned about 4 miles northeast of Weatherby, an a couple modular homes suffered minor damage across rural portions of Daviess County.

Track Map

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A mobile home just north of HWY 6, and just west of Lake Viking was severely damaged when the tornado moved through the area.

Image: NWS Storm Survey

A distant modular home was damaged heavily when a tornado moved through the area.

Image: NWS Storm Survey

Jameson Tornado
DAVIESS COUNTY

Date	March 27, 2017
Time (Local)	3:22 PM - 3:27 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-2
Est. Peak Winds	111-135 mph
Path Length	2.9 miles
Max Width	100 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0
Summary: A strong tornado impacted a farmstead an another residence, both north of Jameson, Missouri. the residence on the farmstead was a small residential home that had the roof completely removed and outer wall partially destroyed. At this residence a large metal outbuilding showed signs of sheet metal siding being removed from strong winds entering the structure. About a mile northeast of this structure a modular home was completely destroyed with the debris blown completely away. Several large barns also had some metal siding ripped off.

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A residence near Jameson had its roof completely removed and outer walls blown down, indicating at least EF-2 wind speeds in excess of 111 mph.	A residence near Jameson had its roof completely removed and outer walls blown down, indicating at least EF-2 wind speeds in excess of 111 mph.	A residence near Jameson was completely destroyed, indicating at least EF-2 winds.	An outbuilding was completely destroyed near Jameson.

Trenton to Tindall Tornado
GRUNDY COUNTY

Date	March 27, 2014
Time (Local)	3:55 PM - 4:15 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-2
Est. Peak Winds	111-135 mph
Path Length	13.2 miles
Max Width	500 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0
Summary: The third and final tornado from this storm began in Crowder State park and caused heavy damage to resdences near Tindall. A few other residences, mainly modular and mobile homes were impacted though rural Grundy County to the northeast of Trenton.

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A residence near Tindall was completely destroyed by EF-2 winds approaching 120 mph.	A residence near Tindall was completely destroyed by EF-2 winds approaching 120 mph.	A residence near Tindall was completely destroyed by EF-2 winds approaching 120 mph.	A modular home was destroyed by an EF-2 tornado that wen through the area.

A mobile home was destroyed near Trenton when an EF-2 tornado came through the area.	Plenty of debris was left over from a strong tornado that took down several residences near Tindall and Trenton	Several boards were driven into the ground after residences and outbuildings were destroyed by an EF-2 tornado.	As can be seen from strong tornadoes from time to time, straw and grass was embedded in a tree near a damaged home in the Tindall and Trenton area.

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

Hail:

A few of these storms produced very large hail ranging in size from 1 inch to 2 inches. The largest of these hail stones reported to the office fell in the Grandview Triangle area along I-435 on the southern half of Kansas City. Numerous other areas, both within and outside of the Kansas City metro received large 1 to 2 inch hail.


2 inch hail fell in the Grandview Triangle area.	Golfball sized hail (1.50"-2.00") fell in the Lee's Summit area.	Golfball sized hail (1.50"-2.00") fell in the Lee's Summit area.	Golfball sized hail (1.50"-2.00") fell in the Lee's Summit area.