EF0 Tornado — Jewell, Kansas

2008-05-29 · near Formoso, Jewell, Kansas

Event narrative

This was the start of a very long lived, two state tornado. The tornado exited Jewell County and entered into Republic County. The twister would eventually exit the State of Kansas and enter the State of Nebraska near the town of Hubbell, Nebraska. Only damage noted in Jewell county was to some trees .

Wider weather episode

A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town's caf and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 109513. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.