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May 2019 tornado

PHOTOS: National Weather Service team documents damage in Jefferson City

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Walls collapsed by 150 mph winds around 11:33 PM.
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The brick house on the right lost part of its roof and most of one wall to 120 mph winds.
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Large sections of the roof and porch walls were removed by 130 mph winds.
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At 130 mph even cars can become projectiles, turning orderly car dealerships into piles of damaged cars and trucks.
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130 mph winds destroyed windows and removed roofs in this neighborhood in Jefferson City.
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The roof of this home was ripped away when the tornado went through around 11:40 p.m., May 22, 2019, in Jefferson City.
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The second floor of this house was completely destroyed by 130 mph winds.
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120 mph winds broke glass doors and windows, and ripped signs from the facade of this single story office building.
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A small professional building was utterly destroyed by 160 mph winds, the maximum speed this tornado produced.
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While the metal framing to this building stood up to the 130 mph winds, the exterior metal sheeting and some interior walls did not.
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100 mph winds caused any loose object to become a projectile, breaking windows in cars and buildings.
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Warehouse walls collapse, trucks, RVs, and passenger vehicles moved and overturned by 125 mph winds.
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An automobile service building collapsed and cars were tossed into the debris.
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This entire house was shifted off its foundation by 140 mph winds.
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Large sections of the roof were removed by 130 mph winds.
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An image of a map showing the tornado's path.
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Published 3:53 PM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

In the aftermath of the May 2019 storm, the National Weather Service sent a team to Jefferson City to assess the damage and determine if it had been caused by a tornado.

The tornado that hit Jefferson City on May 22, 2019, would be assessed as an EF-3 with winds of up to 160 mph and a path more than 32 miles long. The storm was just one of many that formed over Mid-Missouri during a severe weather outbreak.

The photo captions are taken directly from the National Weather Service website.

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