EF2 tornado in Wilson County, Kansas

Tornado April 26, 2024 · Wilson County, Kansas

EF2

Rating

8.5 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Elk County → Wilson 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

The damage was mainly to trees and outbuildings, but a two story home sustained roof damage when it was mostly torn off.

The wider storm

Storms developed during the afternoon hours over the Flint Hills on Friday, April 26th along an eastward moving dryline. As the storms progressed east they started to produce five tornadoes. Two of the tornadoes were rated an EF-2. One of them struck southwest of Fredonia and the other southwest of Yates Center. Luckily there were no injuries or fatalities with these tornadoes. The other tornadoes were rated EF1, EF0 and EFU. Large hail ranging from quarter size to ping pong ball size was reported.

Began near Buxton (37.4830, -95.9630).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Wilson County EF1 Wilson County EF0 Wilson County EFU Allen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165700. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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