July 9th - Scott City Missouri Microburst - NWS Damage Survey

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/09/15 SCOTT CITY MISSOURI MICROBURST...



.REFERENCE MICROBURST...

PEAK WIND /E/:          75 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   880 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUL 09 2015
START TIME:             630 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         NORTH LINCOLN AVE. /SCOTT CITY/ SCOTT/ MO

END DATE:               JUL 09 2015
END TIME:               632 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           EAST CITY LIMITS/ SCOTT CITY/ SCOTT/ MO

SURVEY DETAIL: IN THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH...DOWNED TREES...BRANCHES
AND LIMBS WERE THE MAIN DAMAGE. ALL OF THE COMPLETE TREES THAT
FELL WERE DISEASED OR ROTTEN. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS AND BRANCHES
FROM HEALTHY TREES FELL.

ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS ROOF DAMAGE. TWO TREES FELL ON TWO
HOMES IN THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH.

ALONG THE MAIN PATH OF DAMAGE...THE NORTH EXTENT OF DAMAGE PATH WAS
ALONG SEVENTH STREET WEST AND LINDEN AVENUE. SOUTHERN EXTENT OF
DAMAGE PATH WAS ALONG SECOND STREET WEST AND WEST MISSOURI BLVD.

AN ISOLATED SECONDARY AREA OF DAMAGE OCCURRED ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF
THE MAIN DAMAGE PATH. AT ONE LOCATION...A TREE FELL ON A HOME AND
CAR AT BEECH AND FOURTH STREET. THE MAIN DAMAGE LOCATIONS IN THIS
AREA WERE AT CHESTNUT AND FIRST STREETS...BEECH AND FOURTH
STREETS...AND EAST MAR-ELM AND SEVENTH STREETS.


NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.

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The image above shows a tree that fell on a home on North Lincoln Ave.

This damage was noted on the leading edge of the microburst that occurred

in Scott City.