Tornado damage to a structure in w:Gladstone, Missouri when a tornado embedded in a bow echo cluster of severe thunderstorms crossed the Kansas City Metro Area early on May 2, 2008
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Tornado damage to a structure in Gladstone, Missouri when a tornado embedded in a bow echo cluster of severe thunderstorms crossed the Kansas City Metro Area early on May 2, 2008 The tornado was rated as an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with
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