EF1 tornado in Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Tornado April 29, 2022 · Pottawatomie County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

11.1 mi

Whole path

100 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 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 revealed that as the tornado moved back into southern Pottawatomie county that it widened and produced EF1 damage to several irrigation pivots, an outbuilding and finally took part of a roof off a home in Belvue before dissipating.

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 Wamego Muni Arpt (39.1930, -96.2890).

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 1012472. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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