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EF0 tornado in Wilson County, Kansas

Tornado April 26, 2024 · Wilson County, Kansas

EF0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Parts of metal roofs to outdoor buildings at the fairgrounds sustained damage.

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 Fredonia (37.5304, -95.8562).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Elk CountyEF2 Wilson CountyEF1 Wilson CountyEFU Allen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165701. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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