Tornado touches down South of Kansas city missouri, minimal damage

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[Freedom2specul8]

Tornado Touches Down In Freeman, Mo. Minimal Damage Reported So Far

POSTED: 6:25 p.m. CDT May 9, 2003 UPDATED: 11:36 p.m. CDT May 9, 2003

FREEMAN, Mo. -- A tornado touched down Friday evening in Cass County near Freeman.

Police reported the tornado around 9:25 p.m. between Highway 2 and Highway 71. Some vehicles were blown off the

highway, but the injuries were reported to be minor. No other major damage was reported.

"We had a tornado touchdown on the east side of Freeman," Officer John Smith said. "Some people were hurt in a RV park, but injuries are minor."

Smith said that he was caught in the tornado and it blew his cruiser off the highway. He too was not hurt.

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[Freedom2specul8]

The storm traveled northeast toward warrensburg and sedalia missouri. Another tornado was spotted west of warrensburg on highway 50.

Hope all of you are safe..

--Kim

[barker]

Kim, I have had enough of this. Forget anything I might have ever said about loving storms.

I'm in Greenwood and assorted members of my family live in Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville. Everyone is ok there as far as I know right now. Storm went around G'wood.

[lawgirl]

I am in STL---i hope it skips us!!!!!! what a weird week it has been.

[Freedom2specul8]

I hear ya barker..I use to love storms. We're in cass county too...and it scared the you know what out of us again! I know it touched down in harrisonville too! Did anyone ever report how much damage they have?

[Freedom2specul8]

I heard it was decreasing in intensity as it passed warrensburg. I hope you don't have to go through any of this.. Check the map out..

http://www.weather.com/

[Freedom2specul8]

Midwest A very strong upper-level storm, which is spinning in the Great Basin, will eject into the central Plains on Saturday. This upper- level system will strengthen on Saturday and help ignite severe thunderstorms from Lake Michigan to the Ark-La-Tex region. A strong surface low will develop with the upper-level storm starting in western Kansas during the morning and then quickly strengthen and move to southeastern Wisconsin by Sunday evening. The warm, humid air mass out ahead of the cold front is where the worst of the severe weather will be focused. Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, southern Michigan and portions of Ohio are the most likely locations for strong to severe thunderstorms on Saturday. Hail, high winds, flash flooding, and tornadoes are possible. This is another dangerous weather situation that needs to be monitored by everyone who will be in the region. This storm system will strengthen over the weekend allowing winds to become strong across the Great Lakes on Sunday. Temperatures will be much cooler from Sunday to Tuesday.

http://www.weather.com/