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NWS team: microburst hit south Cape Girardeau Halloween night

November 1, 2013 By Mike Lear

A survey team from the National Weather Service says a microburst is what caused wind damage on the south side of Cape Girardeau during storms last night. The event is believed to have happened at about 7:15 with winds peaking at about 95 miles per hour.

A microburst is a narrow column of sinking air that can produce straight-line winds that can cause damage in some cases comparable to that cause by tornadoes.

The team does believe a weak, EF-0 tornado touched down across the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau, Illinois about 5 minutes after the microburst on the Missouri side.

The team is also following-up today on reports of a possible tornado sighting west of Naylor and wind damage around Marble Hill.

See our earlier story about NWS teams surveying damage from Halloween night storms.

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Filed Under: News, Weather Tagged With: Cape Girardeau, National Weather Service

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