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EF1 tornado in Wilson County, Kansas

Tornado April 26, 2024 · Wilson County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
1.3 mi
Path length
60 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

There was damage to trees, outbuildings and part of about a third of the metal roof on a home. A horse trailer was knocked on its side.

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 Benedict (37.6281, -95.6515).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Elk CountyEF2 Wilson CountyEF0 Wilson CountyEFU Allen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1165702. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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