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Through the afternoon on December 15th strong wind caused sustained winds in the 40 to 50 mph range, with frequent gusts well over 60 mph. While most ASOS and AWOS stations recorded gusts around 65 mph, there were several reports of higher winds and damage representative of around 70 mph, such as tree damage and powerlines down. This all preceded strong thunderstorms that also caused strong winds and scattered damage across the area.
Tornado touched down along D highway 1.75 miles south-southeast of Lancaster at 1935 CST. A damage path was noted for 1.1 miles, and the storm damaged 3 farmsteads directly. The first farmstead had an outbuilding destroyed and windows blown out of the farmhouse. As the tornado moved south, two barns were destroyed at the second farmstead. Near Gray's Drive and Highway D, just southwest of the D and V Highway intersection, additional damage was noted to a third farmstead, with significant low-end F1 damage to outbuildings. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along Highway D. Anecdotal observations suggest the tornado turned left before dissipating at 1938 CST, and then may have looped back north along Highway D to near the Highways D and V intersection, where minor damage was noted to a fourth homestead.
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Lancaster, Missouri
| City | Lancaster |
| County | Schuyler |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| Country | United States |
| Zip Codes | 63548 |
power out in lacaster at Ave J5 and Divsion street
Whole neighborhood blackout outage 15st e & ave k
Whole neighborhood blackout outage 15st e & ave k
apparently the power went out around 7am here - 93534... hope you are all doing okay! sadly i slept like shit because my CPAP machine naturally turned off with the power early in the morning
Woke up to no power around 420am. Morning!