May 4th Kansas City and Richmond Missouri

Initiation to the southwest of the Kansas City metro area.

Damage producing tornado in Gladstone, MO.

Rotation tightens up just off highway 169 in Gladstone, MO.

Large tornado to the north of us near New Richmond, MO.

Large areas of trees totally devistated.

Damage from the features above.

My chase partners (Melanie Metz, Peggy Willenberg, Rob Koch, and Cy Dodson) and myself  extend our sympathies to all who suffered personal loss this day and commend the NWS for an outstanding public service job.  Dealing with tors is  stressful enough.  Having a cyclic supercell in  a major metro area definately was the worse case scenario.

More sheared off trees and roofs.

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