National Weather Service assesses Thursday’s tornadoes in Kearney, Stanberry
The National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes struck northwest Missouri on Thursday, as severe weather rolled through the Kansas City metro. At least four tornadoes traveled through east-central Kansas.
The tornadoes are just two of several that have touched down in the metro in the last several weeks, leaving swaths of destruction behind.
In a damage survey completed Friday, the National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes touched down in the cities of Kearney and Stanberry, Missouri, which are located in Clay and Gentry counties, respectively.
In Kearney, the tornado initially formed near West 19th Street and Regency Drive on the city’s south side, according to the survey. It traveled northeast across MO-33 before it headed east, ending near East 14th Street and Stonecrest Drive.
The tornado was on the ground for two minutes, from 9:11 p.m. to 9:13 p.m., the weather service said.
The weather service’s report rated the storm an EF0, with winds reaching up to 85 mph. It caused damage to trees and homes in the area, although the weather service didn’t specify the extent of the damage caused.
In Stanberry, which lies north of the Kansas City metro, an EF1 tornado touched down just before 8 p.m. in the city’s northwest side, the weather service said. Wind gusts reached up to 110 mph, damaging homes throughout the city as the storm moved northeast.
In Kansas, at least four tornadoes moved through counties just outside the metro, the weather service said. Three EF0 tornadoes touched down in Volland, Alma and Allen. An EF1 tornado touched down in Dunlap.
