EF1 tornado in Marion County, Kansas

A EF1 moved into Marion County from Dickenson County and traveled over open country before taking a turn to a northeasterly direction. Since we can only use two points for a tornado track, it was plotted from where damage occurred due to the odd track shape. As the tornado tracked north of Tampa a wall was blown in on a well constructed outbuilding and there were snapped trees as well.

A powerful low pressure system approached Kansas on Friday April 29th allowing a sharp dryline to track generally along Interstate 135. Storms first developed across central and northeast Kansas near the warm front, but as the early evening hours continued, a couple of storms fired just east of Wichita. One of these storms produced a strong tornado across the east side of Andover, causing extensive damage. This tornado was eventually rated an EF-3. A total of 6 more tornadoes were produced by other storms across portions of central Kansas all the while, blowing dust was proving to be a major hindrance behind the frontal boundary.