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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
355 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2024


...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/26/2024 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...

.Bolivar Missouri Downburst Event...

Peak wind:   Estimated 75 mph
Path length /Statute/:  1 miles
Path width /Maximum/:   1760 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start date:             06/26/2024
Start time:             4:04 AM CDT
Start location:         3.5 miles NE of Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
Start Lat/Lon:          37.6551/-93.3752

End date:               06/26/2024
End time:               4:08 AM CDT
End location:           3.55 miles NE of Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
End lat/lon:            37.6543/-93.3854


A church complex suffered damage to a southeast facing exterior brick
wall and interior sections of a church building, as well as roof damage
and collapse of an interior room within a large metal office building.

Radar indicates that a downburst initiated to the east southeast of the
church around 404 AM, resulting in trees suffering damage with debris
laying west, south, and east of the initiation point, along parts of
Hwy D and E 410th Road.

Trees were further damaged and laying to the south as the downburst
assimilated to larger storm-scale winds along S 140th Rd.

The survey concluded that downburst winds upward of 70 to 75 mph caused
the damage.


NOTE:
The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

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Camden