CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A tornado ripped a path of destruction through Macks Creek on Monday night, leaving homes damaged, and a local woman’s trailer completely decimated.
A powerful line of storms pushed through the warm-and-windy Lake of the Ozarks area between 10 p.m. and midnight on March 6, triggering tornado sirens across the Lake area. The region was under a tornado warning from about 10:30 until 11:15 p.m.
The National Weather Service in Springfield confirmed before noon on Tuesday that the storm had produced an EF-1 tornado. That tornado left a quarter-mile-wide swath of destruction in its wake, for two miles. Winds in the area topped 100 miles per hour, according to the NWS.
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The area southwest of the Lake of the Ozarks was hit the hardest: Tuesday morning, a swath of trees had been blown over in Macks Creek, showing the tornado's path.Â
Amanda Emery, of Macks Creek, survived by huddling in her trailer’s bathtub.
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Siding was ripped off a Lake Regional clinic on Highway 54. Homes in the area had damaged roofs and siding as well.
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The tornado blew along Heise and Cemetary Roads, across Highway 54—trees all bent the same direction tell the story. On the other side of the highway, along Route O, a 30x40 barn was picked up and wrapped around a group of trees.
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The tractor that was formerly inside the barn sat Tuesday morning, unmoved, in the open air.
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At that home, the wind ripped soffit off the front porch, blew through the attic, blew the attic stairs down into the garage, and then ripped the garage door open. The house, in a sense, opened up and let the wind through.
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Had it not done so, the damage might have been even worse.
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Storm Damages Buildings, Trees In Camden County
Fierce winds ripped a path of destruction through Macks Creek on Monday night, leaving homes damaged, and a local woman’s trailer completely decimated.
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