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Grundy County ARES/North Central Missouri Skywarn - Action Report for May, 26th 2004


Reported by: Glen - KB0RPJ

Large Hail/Tornadoes pound the area.

  1. Date of activity:
    • May. 26th 2004

  2. Description of activity:
    • Super Cell brings tornadoes and 4" hail to trenton and bethany

  3. Start Time:
    • 12:15 PM

  4. End Time:
    • 7:15 PM

  5. Event Duration:
    • 7.00 Hours

  6. Areas Involved:
    • All Counties.

  7. Served agencies:
    • National Weather Service
    • Trenton Fire Department
    • Grundy County EOC

  8. Describe Reports Sent to the served Agencies
    • Several reports of tornadoes, Along with reports of other types of violent weather were reported to the NWSFO in KC, and various EOC's in northern missouri

  9. Number of Amateurs participating
    • 10

  10. List Of Stations
      Call	County		City		Name	Hours 	Times on net 
      
    • KBØRPJ	Grundy		Trenton		Glen	7.00	1215P-715p
    • W7LN	Caldwell		Hamilton		Tom	7.00	1215p-715p
    • KØBSJ	Clay		Ex. Springs	Byron	5.00	1215p-515p
    • KGØQD	Livingston	Chillicothe	Ken	5.00	1215p-515p
    • KBØZLC	Livingston	Chillicothe	Carl	1.00	340p-440p
    • NWØB	Linn		Brookfield	jerry	2.00	336p-536p
    • NØNKY	Livingston	Chillicothe	Darvel	0.50	245p-315p
    • WØTH	Linn		Brookfield	Tom	0.50	357p-418p
    • KBØVRS	Linn		Marceline		Craig	1.00	335p-435p
    • KCØNBS	Linn		Brookfield	Kenneth	1.00	357p-457p

  11. Person-hours of amateur service
    • 30.0

  12. Estimated Person-Hours Cost ($10 per Person per hour)
    • $300

  13. List Number and Frequencies/Calls Of Repeaters Used
    • 1
      • K0MPT/R, Chillicothe Missouri

  14. General Summary Of Events
    • severe storms developed on the mo/ia line north of maryville and pushed southeast.. a tornadic storm with hail upwards of baseball sized moved from southwestern worth county across harrison county and into grundy and linn counties, this storm produced 4" hail at the Net Control Station in Trenton. NCS Duties were transfered to W7LN and K0BSJ for about a half hour as the net control, kb0rpj, took shelter at the height of the storm.

    Severe Weather Reports from this storm were:
    • Type	County	Location		Report					Source 		
    • Hail	Harrison	@Bethany	                   2:25pm 	
      2.75" hail Our net

    • tornado	Harrison	1E Melbourne	         2:44pm 	
      Breif touchdown along the county line. Our net

    • Tornado	Grundy	4W Trenton	         2:54pm 	
      Tornado touched town just NW of 128/146jct KB0RPJ via Our net

    • Hail	Grundy	Trenton	                   3:08pm 	
      2.75" hail
      KB0RPJ via our net

    • Hail	Grundy	Trenton	                   3:12pm 	
      4.00" hail
      KB0RPJ via our net

    • Wind	Grundy	Trenton	                   3:12pm 	
      80 mph/dmg
      KB0RPJ via our net

    • Hail	Linn	Brookfield	         3:53pm 	
      1.75" hail
      W0TH via our net

    • Hail	Livingston	Chillicothe	 3:53pm 	
      0.88" hail
      KB0ZLC via our net


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