Cape Fair Marina hit by storm.

[skeeter]

On 7/6/2024 at 8:42 AM, Wart 57 said:

Any homes or dock damage at Wooly ?

Yep, our Son lives down Wooley Creek Rd. and he has extreme Hail damage with saved Hailstones measuring 3 & 1/2 inches in his freezer, numerous large trees snapped off about 10 to 15 feet up from the ground and one took out his Skeeter's trailer when it dropped on it.  His dock over in the cove escaped damage but the big Cell Tower up on 76 on top of the ridge West of Cape Fair got destroyed and they are without Internet until August according to T-Mobile.  Cell service is spotty at best and many of his neighbors had trees on their homes and shops along with the large Hail. 

[skeeter]

On 7/5/2024 at 5:09 PM, bobby b. said:

Was it classified as a tornado or straight winds?

NWS took awhile but finally posted that it was an EF-0 twister that was 150 yards wide and touched down East of Y Highway to the West of Branson West in a lightly populated area....thankfully!  They said the wide-spread damages, including the Marina and so many homes to the West and SW was caused by something called  Reverse-side downdraft from the Tornado.  While the actual funnel didn't do much damage, that "Reverse-side downdraft" sure did and it wasn't limited to the immediate area around the CF Marina.