Thursday, May 23, 2019

Tornado Strikes Missouri Capitol Jefferson City

A significant tornado has struck parts of Jefferson City.


The tornado struck around 11:45 p.m. late Wednesday night after having moved northeast from an earlier strike in or near Eldon MO..


Major damage and multiple injuries have been reported by several public agencies.


Scanner traffic from the JCFD is revealing numerous rescues and evacuations in progress.

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/22651/webflash


The number of injured or if anyone has died was unknown as of 1:45 a.m. Thursday morning.


Thursday morning the situation became more clear ... officials report about "two dozen" injuries but "no fatalities."

Damage videos showed a tornado strength of EF-1 to EF-3.

Fortunately- warnings were issued some time in advance of the storm and the tornado itself wasn't stronger.












1 comment:

AB5ID said...

Overnight tornadoes are the worst, so scary.

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