EF2 tornado in Chase County, Kansas

Tornado April 19, 2023 · Chase County, Kansas

EF2

Rating

5.2 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

This was the ninth and final tornado of the event. It caused damage to transmission powerlines before crossing into Topeka's County Warning Area and causing minor damage to a home.

The wider storm

A lone supercell thunderstorm moved from south central Kansas into central Kansas during the afternoon and evening of April 19th, 2023. The cyclic storm produced very large hail up to 4 inches in diameter and numerous tornadoes across Chase county, Kansas. Eight tornadoes formed from the supercell with the strongest producing EF2 damage.

Began near Saffordville (38.4600, -96.4100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1095710. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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