La Tour, MO Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in La Tour is lower than Missouri average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in La Tour is higher than Missouri average and is much higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #855
| La Tour, MO | 0.01 |
| Missouri | 0.70 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| La Tour, MO | 0.0000 |
| Missouri | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #373
| La Tour, MO | 239.54 |
| Missouri | 214.01 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 5,275 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of La Tour, MO were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 2 | Cold: | 41 | Dense Fog: | 32 | Drought: | 32 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 606 | Hail: | 2,323 | Heat: | 95 | Heavy Snow: | 39 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 32 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 54 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,766 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 2 | Winter Storm: | 101 | Winter Weather: | 34 |
| Other: | 116 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near La Tour, MO.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near La Tour, MO.
No historical earthquake events found in or near La Tour, MO.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 96 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near La Tour, MO.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 5.4 | 2003-05-04 | 2 | 38°35'N / 94°13'W | 38°36'N / 94°09'W | 4.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 0 | Cass |
| Brief Description: Tornado briefly touched down at Highway 7 and County Road Z interchange. No damage and was reported by storm chaser. Tornado touched back down just north of the interchange, and then continued intermittently for 4 miles to the Johnson county line around Latour, near the inersection of Routes 2 and 131. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 8.4 | 1969-04-04 | 2 | 38°43'N / 93°59'W | 0.30 Mile | 150 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Johnson | |
| 8.8 | 2003-05-04 | 2 | 38°38'N / 94°07'W | 38°44'N / 93°47'W | 18.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 1K | 0 | Johnson |
| Brief Description: This is the Cass county tornado which entered Johnson county in open country around Latour. Reported by a trained spotter. tornado intermittently touched down for the next 18 miles in mainly open country. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 10.6 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°28'N / 94°04'W | 38°33'N / 93°55'W | 11.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 1 | 13 | 500K | 0 | Henry |
| Brief Description: Tornado crossed into Henry county at 2007 CST from Cass county. The tornado produced occasional F2 damage before dissipating 3 miles east southeast of Blairstown at 2025 CST. There was one fatality where a man died after the house was destroyed. M54PH | |||||||||||
| 13.4 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°25'N / 94°08'W | 38°28'N / 94°05'W | 5.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 75K | 0 | Cass |
| Brief Description: Tornado crossed from Bates county into Cass county...6 miles south-southwest of Creighton at 2005 CST. It moved northeast and exited Cass county into Henry county at 2007 CST...2 miles south of Creighton. F1 damage to several structures was noted. | |||||||||||
| 14.2 | 1964-04-12 | 3 | 38°46'N / 94°17'W | 38°50'N / 94°14'W | 5.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 10 | 2.5M | 0 | Cass |
| 14.3 | 1961-07-22 | 2 | 38°50'N / 94°08'W | 38°51'N / 94°06'W | 1.30 Miles | 133 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 14.6 | 1964-04-12 | 3 | 38°42'N / 94°24'W | 38°46'N / 94°17'W | 7.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Cass |
| 15.3 | 1977-05-04 | 3 | 38°28'N / 94°31'W | 38°48'N / 94°15'W | 27.10 Miles | 500 Yards | 2 | 15 | 25.0M | 0 | Cass |
| 16.2 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 38°50'N / 94°03'W | 38°53'N / 93°58'W | 5.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Johnson |
| 16.2 | 1964-04-12 | 3 | 38°50'N / 94°14'W | 38°52'N / 94°13'W | 1.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 17.4 | 1982-05-20 | 2 | 38°25'N / 94°19'W | 38°27'N / 94°16'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bates |
| 17.5 | 1964-04-12 | 3 | 38°52'N / 94°13'W | 38°54'N / 94°07'W | 5.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 20.9 | 1956-12-04 | 2 | 38°20'N / 94°14'W | 38°21'N / 94°09'W | 4.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Bates |
| 21.0 | 1952-05-22 | 2 | 38°54'N / 94°16'W | 38°56'N / 94°14'W | 1.30 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 21.6 | 1964-04-12 | 2 | 38°34'N / 93°46'W | 38°41'N / 93°38'W | 10.70 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Johnson |
| 22.8 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°15'N / 94°20'W | 38°24'N / 94°09'W | 10.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 5K | 0 | Bates |
| Brief Description: Tornado touched down at 1952 CST just on the north side of Butler...and then proceeded northeast over rural country...before crossing over into Cass county 2 miles north of Ballard at 2005 CST. Damage was limited to trees...power lines...and one barn. | |||||||||||
| 23.8 | 1965-09-20 | 2 | 38°54'N / 94°23'W | 1.50 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson | |
| 24.2 | 1956-12-04 | 2 | 38°16'N / 93°56'W | 38°23'N / 93°51'W | 9.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Henry |
| 25.7 | 1960-04-15 | 3 | 38°38'N / 94°37'W | 38°42'N / 94°32'W | 6.10 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Cass |
| 26.2 | 1969-04-04 | 2 | 38°28'N / 94°36'W | 38°31'N / 94°30'W | 6.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Bates |
| 26.7 | 1977-05-04 | 3 | 38°26'N / 94°33'W | 38°28'N / 94°31'W | 2.70 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Bates |
| 27.0 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°36'N / 93°40'W | 38°42'N / 93°32'W | 12.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.0M | 0 | Johnson |
| Brief Description: Tornado touched down at 2040 CST 2 miles northeast of Leeton...producing F0 damage along PP Highway. As it moved northeast...additional F0 to F1 damage was noted to a farmstead along SE 650th Road. The most intense F2 damage was noted along Y Highway just east of Highway 23...where several homes suffered F2 damage. The tornado crossed into Pettis county at 2057 CST...1.5 miles southeast of Whiteman Air Force Base. | |||||||||||
| 27.2 | 1965-05-26 | 2 | 38°58'N / 94°21'W | 39°01'N / 94°17'W | 4.90 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 27.2 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 38°53'N / 93°46'W | 38°55'N / 93°41'W | 4.50 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Johnson |
| 27.4 | 1968-05-15 | 3 | 38°40'N / 94°37'W | 38°38'N / 94°36'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Cass | ||
| 28.3 | 1968-05-15 | 3 | 38°38'N / 94°39'W | 38°40'N / 94°36'W | 2.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Miami |
| 28.8 | 1960-04-15 | 3 | 38°35'N / 94°39'W | 38°38'N / 94°37'W | 2.30 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Miami |
| 29.7 | 1957-05-20 | 5 | 38°53'N / 94°36'W | 38°59'N / 94°24'W | 12.60 Miles | 440 Yards | 37 | 176 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 31.1 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 38°55'N / 93°41'W | 38°56'N / 93°38'W | 1.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Johnson |
| 31.4 | 1973-04-19 | 4 | 38°32'N / 93°32'W | 10.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25K | 0 | Henry | |
| 32.5 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°43'N / 93°31'W | 38°44'N / 93°30'W | 0.80 Mile | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pettis |
| Brief Description: F2 tornado crossed from Johnson county into Pettis county at 2057 CST and quickly dissipated. No significant damage was observed as the tornado moved over rural areas. | |||||||||||
| 33.5 | 1969-04-04 | 2 | 38°23'N / 94°43'W | 38°28'N / 94°36'W | 8.50 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Miami |
| 34.8 | 1967-01-24 | 3 | 39°06'N / 94°15'W | 39°10'N / 94°10'W | 6.20 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Jackson |
| 35.4 | 1977-05-04 | 2 | 38°27'N / 94°48'W | 38°36'N / 94°41'W | 11.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Miami |
| 35.7 | 1968-05-15 | 2 | 38°56'N / 93°38'W | 39°00'N / 93°33'W | 5.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Johnson |
| 36.7 | 1958-06-13 | 2 | 38°59'N / 93°36'W | 38°57'N / 93°32'W | 4.10 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Lafayette |
| 36.8 | 1972-04-30 | 2 | 38°45'N / 94°46'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Johnson | |||
| 37.1 | 1964-04-20 | 2 | 38°42'N / 94°47'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Miami | |||
| 37.3 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 38°53'N / 94°43'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Johnson | |
| 38.0 | 1977-05-04 | 2 | 38°53'N / 94°48'W | 38°54'N / 94°39'W | 7.80 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Johnson |
| 38.4 | 1977-05-04 | 3 | 39°00'N / 93°55'W | 39°12'N / 93°30'W | 26.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 1 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Lafayette |
| 38.4 | 1973-04-20 | 3 | 38°27'N / 93°28'W | 38°34'N / 93°21'W | 10.10 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Benton |
| 39.3 | 1969-04-04 | 2 | 38°21'N / 94°46'W | 38°23'N / 94°43'W | 3.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Linn |
| 39.5 | 1967-01-24 | 3 | 39°10'N / 94°10'W | 39°15'N / 94°03'W | 8.30 Miles | 200 Yards | 2 | 18 | 2.5M | 0 | Ray |
| 39.8 | 1957-06-22 | 2 | 39°00'N / 94°35'W | 39°15'N / 94°24'W | 19.80 Miles | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson |
| 40.1 | 1966-04-19 | 3 | 38°55'N / 94°48'W | 38°58'N / 94°40'W | 7.70 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 4 | 2.5M | 0 | Johnson |
| 40.6 | 1957-05-20 | 5 | 38°40'N / 95°04'W | 38°53'N / 94°36'W | 29.10 Miles | 440 Yards | 4 | 20 | 2.5M | 0 | Miami |
| 40.7 | 1973-04-20 | 3 | 38°25'N / 93°24'W | 5.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Pettis | |
| 41.1 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°56'N / 93°27'W | 38°55'N / 93°25'W | 3.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pettis |
| Brief Description: Tornado touched down at 2007CST...5 miles west-northwest of Houstonia and moved into Saline county 3 miles west-northwest of Houstonia at 2009 CST. Tornado was over rural areas with no significant damage noted. | |||||||||||
| 41.4 | 1961-07-22 | 2 | 38°58'N / 93°30'W | 38°58'N / 93°25'W | 4.10 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Saline |
| 41.5 | 1951-07-08 | 2 | 39°13'N / 94°01'W | 39°15'N / 94°01'W | 2.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Ray |
| 41.8 | 1978-05-11 | 2 | 38°37'N / 94°59'W | 38°36'N / 94°46'W | 11.50 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Miami |
| 41.8 | 1957-05-20 | 2 | 39°12'N / 94°12'W | 39°17'N / 93°59'W | 12.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Jackson |
| 41.9 | 1973-05-01 | 2 | 39°06'N / 93°36'W | 0.50 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Lafayette | |
| 42.0 | 1977-05-04 | 4 | 39°13'N / 94°18'W | 39°14'N / 94°17'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Jackson | ||
| 42.8 | 1977-05-04 | 3 | 38°38'N / 93°24'W | 38°43'N / 93°13'W | 11.20 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 24 | 25.0M | 0 | Pettis |
| 43.5 | 2003-05-09 | 2 | 39°05'N / 93°37'W | 39°08'N / 93°31'W | 9.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 0 | Lafayette |
| Brief Description: Tornado reported near Corder and tracked northeast into Saline county. destoyed a machine shed, house with grain bins damaged along with a dairy barn. | |||||||||||
| 44.5 | 1977-05-04 | 4 | 39°14'N / 94°17'W | 39°19'N / 94°08'W | 9.70 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Clay |
| 44.7 | 1980-05-12 | 3 | 38°40'N / 93°25'W | 38°44'N / 93°08'W | 15.80 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 23 | 25.0M | 0 | Pettis |
| 44.8 | 1999-05-04 | 3 | 37°59'N / 93°56'W | 38°01'N / 93°56'W | 3.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 50K | 0 | St. Clair |
| Brief Description: A tornado downed trees just north of Highway 82 near the intersection of OO Highway. The tornado skipped across an open field and increased in intensity just before striking and completely destroying a modular home, spreading debris nearly a mile away. One person in the home was injured. | |||||||||||
| 45.0 | 1958-11-17 | 3 | 37°59'N / 94°14'W | 38°00'N / 94°13'W | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Vernon | ||
| 45.7 | 1970-05-09 | 2 | 38°08'N / 94°39'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Linn | |
| 45.9 | 2003-05-04 | 4 | 39°14'N / 94°29'W | 39°14'N / 94°28'W | 5.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 13 | 31.0M | 0 | Clay |
| Brief Description: New tornado touchdown near Shady Lane and Antioch in Gladstone...with F0 to F1 damage to trees and roofs. The tornado intensified quickly, and damage of marginal F4 intensity was noted around one mile northeast of this area, near the intersection of NE 63rd Terrace and North Jackson. Another small area of marginal F4 intensity was noted just northeast of this location, in the Carriage Hills subdivision, just south of Pleasant Valley Road near North Brighton. Areas of F1 to F3 intensity damage was noted around these specific neighborhoods. The tornado continued northeast, based on air surveys, to just shy of Interstate 435 before dissipating. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 46.0 | 1952-08-21 | 2 | 38°41'N / 93°16'W | 38°42'N / 93°14'W | 1.30 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 13 | 25.0M | 0 | Pettis |
| 46.4 | 2003-05-04 | 2 | 39°15'N / 94°26'W | 39°18'N / 94°18'W | 8.50 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 60.0M | 0 | Clay |
| Brief Description: Tornado reported on the ground near Missouri Route 291, south of Missouri Route 152, it produced spotty damage northeast to downtown Liberty. Substantial damage was noted near the square in Libery, and to William Jewel College. The tornado tracked east along Missouri Route H into rural portions of Clay county before dissipating. Maximum intensity damage noted in the area was F2, based on surveys and input from local emergency management. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 46.5 | 1973-04-20 | 2 | 37°58'N / 93°51'W | 38°02'N / 93°47'W | 5.70 Miles | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | St. Clair |
| 46.8 | 1982-03-15 | 3 | 38°05'N / 93°35'W | 38°15'N / 93°22'W | 14.00 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Benton |
| 47.0 | 2003-05-04 | 4 | 39°14'N / 94°30'W | 39°15'N / 94°30'W | 1.00 Mile | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 50K | 0 | Clay |
| Brief Description: Tornado moved in from Platte county and dissipated just before 169 highway south of I-29. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 47.0 | 1965-09-20 | 2 | 39°03'N / 93°34'W | 39°12'N / 93°25'W | 13.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Lafayette |
| 47.1 | 2008-05-02 | 2 | 39°13'N / 94°34'W | 39°13'N / 94°33'W | 1.00 Mile | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 10.0M | 0K | Clay |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: An EF2 tornado developed along a bow echo and touched down at 1:03 am in Gladstone. It then traveled northeast and dissipated at 1:08 am. Numerous homes and businesses suffered damage or total loss. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An early morning line of storms developed across south central Kansas. This line of storms, developed into a Bow Echo, which raced northeast at speeds in excess of 50 mph, into the greater Kansas City metropolitan area and surrounding communities, early on the morning of May 2, 2008. The Bow Echo generated hurricane force winds, which brought widespread wind damage, to areas from Olathe Kansas, northeast through Kansas City, to Brookfield in north central Missouri. As the Bow Echo moved through Kansas City, it spun up a couple of tornadoes along the apex, or nose, of its leading edge. One EF3 tornado moved across the north side of Gladstone, while the other EF2 tornado moved through an area just northwest of Liberty. However, most of the damage was due to the strong straight line winds, that were also occurring along the apex of the Bow Echo. Gladstone reported 20 homes destroyed, 280 homes with damage, and 19 businesses damaged. North Kansas City had 4 homes destroyed, and 117 damaged. Independence had 13 homes and two businesses badly damaged. Six people were injured and damage was in the millions of dollars. | |||||||||||
| 47.3 | 1955-03-14 | 2 | 39°18'N / 94°13'W | 39°20'N / 94°10'W | 3.30 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clay |
| 47.4 | 1966-05-15 | 2 | 39°09'N / 94°41'W | 2.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 5 | 25K | 0 | Wyandotte | |
| 47.4 | 1960-12-04 | 2 | 39°15'N / 94°03'W | 39°23'N / 93°56'W | 11.00 Miles | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Ray |
| 47.4 | 2003-05-04 | 4 | 39°04'N / 94°50'W | 39°08'N / 94°40'W | 15.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 2 | 30 | 15.5M | 0 | Wyandotte |
| Brief Description: Tornado touched down just north-northwest of the Kansas Speedway around 318 pm CST. This tornado initially produced F0 to F1 damage, but produced F3 damage to 2 homes, just south of Parallel Parkway near I-435. The tornado grew to a width to near 500 yards in Kansas City, Kansas, where some marginal F4 damage was noted around 91st and Leavenworth Road. The tornado continued some F2 to F3 damage northeast near 84th Terrace north of Leavenworth Road. This is the location where an 82 year old man was killed in his residence. The tornado continued northeast through Wyandotte county, where another instance of marginal F4 damage was noted near 79th Street and Cernech. Considerable structural damage was noted in this location, along with four 150 foot-tall metal power poles engineered to withstand maximum winds over 200 mph. The tornado produced F1 to F2 damage up to the Missouri River before crossing into Platte county Missouri, near Riverside and Parkville around 335 pm CST. M82PH, F46PH A dry line moved into eastern Kansas and initiated severe thunderstorm development the afternoon of May 4th. Several of the thunderstorms became tornadic in Miami, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties. The strongest tornado reached F4 intensity in Kansas City Kansas before moving into Missouri. This tornado killed an 82 year old man and injured 30 others. Wyandotte county also had $15.5 million dollars in damage, with 69 buildings destroyed, and 390 suffering damage. Leavenworth county had 9 homes destroyed, 8 with major damage and 17 with minor damage. Damage estimates for Leavenworth county are around $4 million dollars. This was the most significant tornado outbreak in the Kansas City Metropolitan areas, since the Pleasant Hill tornado outbreak of 1977. A 46 year old woman died from injuries received with this tornado on October 10th, 2003. | |||||||||||
| 47.4 | 1977-05-04 | 3 | 38°48'N / 95°03'W | 38°55'N / 94°49'W | 14.70 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Johnson |
| 47.4 | 1961-05-07 | 2 | 39°18'N / 94°03'W | 39°20'N / 93°55'W | 7.30 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Ray |
| 47.8 | 1969-06-26 | 3 | 39°11'N / 94°38'W | 39°13'N / 94°36'W | 1.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Platte |
| 48.0 | 1952-05-22 | 4 | 39°02'N / 94°55'W | 39°04'N / 94°43'W | 10.90 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Johnson |
| 48.2 | 1977-05-04 | 4 | 39°19'N / 94°08'W | 39°21'N / 94°06'W | 2.30 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Ray |
| 48.2 | 1973-04-20 | 2 | 38°32'N / 93°13'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Benton | |
| 48.4 | 1958-07-17 | 2 | 39°20'N / 94°01'W | 2.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ray | |
| 48.5 | 2004-05-26 | 2 | 37°58'N / 93°57'W | 37°58'N / 93°42'W | 12.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 1 | 500K | 0 | St. Clair |
| Brief Description: An F-2 tornado touched down seven miles west of Roscoe...eventually tracking through the middle of this small community. Numerous homes and building were heavily damaged or destroyed. Minutes later the tornado dissipated south of Osceola. One injury occurred from flying debris. | |||||||||||
| 48.6 | 2006-03-12 | 2 | 38°37'N / 93°17'W | 38°40'N / 93°07'W | 11.20 Miles | 500 Yards | 1 | 6 | 2.5M | 0 | Pettis |
| Brief Description: F2 tornado touched down 6.5 miles east of Green Ridge at 1612 CST and moved northeast. The tornado caused the death of one woman...when the trailer she was fleeing was blown on top of her. Another 6 people were injured as well. Numerous homes suffered varying degrees of damage. The tornado lifted one mile southwest of Smithton at 1625 CST. F39MH | |||||||||||
| 48.6 | 1973-05-07 | 2 | 39°18'N / 94°24'W | 0.50 Mile | 20 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Clay | |
| 48.7 | 1961-05-07 | 4 | 39°16'N / 94°33'W | 39°17'N / 94°25'W | 6.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Platte |
| 48.7 | 1982-03-15 | 3 | 37°54'N / 93°52'W | 38°03'N / 93°42'W | 15.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | St. Clair |
| 48.9 | 2003-05-04 | 4 | 39°12'N / 94°42'W | 39°12'N / 94°36'W | 5.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 32.0M | 0 | Platte |
| Brief Description: Tornado crossed from Wyandotte county into Platte county and continued to Clay county. There were 14 buildings destroyed, 42 with major damage. No injuries or fatalaties reported. A dry line moved into eastern Kansas on the afternoon of May 4th. Severe thunderstorms quickly erupted in the mid afternoon hours and marched east northeast into Missouri. Several of the severe thunderstorms became tornadic. A supercell thunderstorm produced 4 seperate tornadoes over the northland of Kansas City. The strongest tornadoes reached F4 in intensity and moved over southern portions of Platte and Clay counties. In Platte county 14 buildings were destroyed, 43 suffered major damage and 149 had minor damage. There were no fatalities or injuries and total damage was estimated at $33.95 million dollars. In Clay county total damages were estimated at $91 million dollars. Several hundred homes were either destroyed or had major or minor damage. No fatalities were observed but there were 19 injuries. This was the most significant tornado outbeak in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, since the Pleasant Hill Missouri outbreak in 1977. | |||||||||||
| 49.1 | 1969-06-26 | 3 | 39°13'N / 94°36'W | 39°18'N / 94°29'W | 8.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Clay |
| 49.2 | 1961-05-07 | 2 | 39°20'N / 93°55'W | 39°20'N / 93°55'W | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Ray | ||
| 49.3 | 1973-04-20 | 3 | 38°18'N / 93°17'W | 38°34'N / 93°10'W | 19.40 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 4 | 250K | 0 | Benton |
| 49.3 | 2003-05-09 | 2 | 39°10'N / 93°29'W | 39°09'N / 93°28'W | 1.00 Mile | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Saline |
| Brief Description: Tornado entered Saline county from Lafayette county and promptly dissipated in open country. | |||||||||||
| 49.6 | 2008-05-02 | 3 | 39°17'N / 94°29'W | 39°18'N / 94°28'W | 1.00 Mile | 75 Yards | 0 | 0 | 4.0M | 0K | Clay |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A brief EF3 tornado developed along the apex of a bow echo, and touched down northwest of Liberty at 12:56 am CST. The tornado tracked east-northeast for nearly one mile before dissipating at 1:00 am. Four homes were destroyed and 117 suffered damage. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An early morning line of storms developed across south central Kansas. This line of storms, developed into a Bow Echo, which raced northeast at speeds in excess of 50 mph, into the greater Kansas City metropolitan area and surrounding communities, early on the morning of May 2, 2008. The Bow Echo generated hurricane force winds, which brought widespread wind damage, to areas from Olathe Kansas, northeast through Kansas City, to Brookfield in north central Missouri. As the Bow Echo moved through Kansas City, it spun up a couple of tornadoes along the apex, or nose, of its leading edge. One EF3 tornado moved across the north side of Gladstone, while the other EF2 tornado moved through an area just northwest of Liberty. However, most of the damage was due to the strong straight line winds, that were also occurring along the apex of the Bow Echo. Gladstone reported 20 homes destroyed, 280 homes with damage, and 19 businesses damaged. North Kansas City had 4 homes destroyed, and 117 damaged. Independence had 13 homes and two businesses badly damaged. Six people were injured and damage was in the millions of dollars. | |||||||||||
| 49.6 | 1973-04-20 | 2 | 38°42'N / 93°11'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Pettis | |
| 49.7 | 1977-05-04 | 4 | 39°19'N / 94°00'W | 39°21'N / 93°45'W | 13.40 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 1 | 2.5M | 0 | Ray |
| 50.0 | 1955-05-27 | 2 | 38°13'N / 95°08'W | 38°29'N / 94°46'W | 27.00 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Anderson |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.