EF0 tornado in Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Tornado April 29, 2022 · Pottawatomie County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

11.1 mi

Whole path

30 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pottawatomie County → Wabaunsee County → Pottawatomie County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Radar and NWS storm survey data indicated that a small tornado formed near Military trail road in Pottawatomie county and traveled to the Kansas river which is the border with Wabaunsee county. Some tree damage was noted in this area EF0.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across much of central and northeast Kansas during the late afternoon and evening of April 29th. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds and 5 confirmed tornadoes. All of the tornadoes were rated EF0 or EF1.

Began near St George (39.1900, -96.3800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Dickinson County EF1 Dickinson County EF1 Jackson County EF0 Dickinson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1012465. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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