KC-MO had gone many years without a F-3 or stronger tornado within it's corporate limits.
That changed in 2003- and again this year on May 2.
Two tornadoes stuck the Northland in the early morning hours of May 2- while hurricane-force winds ravaged areas south of The River.
These events- beginning with tornado warnings on the evening of May 1- are documented in print- photo and video elsewhere in this blog and on YouTube.
The first tornado- a F-3- touched down in Gladstone near 70th Street and North Oak and moved northeastward. A 2nd and stronger F-4 tornado then formed near Northeast 108th Street and Missouri-291
Amazingly- there were only several minor injuries due to the tornadoes although a man was later found dead near a destroyed Arby's fast-food restaurant in Independence.
Independence police later attributed that man's death to storm-related injuries.
No final damage figures on this event have been seen- but it's safe to say area-wide damages totalled in the millions of dollars.
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