EF0 Tornado — Riley, Kansas

2024-05-06 · near Manhattan, Riley, Kansas

1.2 mi

Path length

75 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Damage survey revealed an overturned irrigation pivot and a narrow area of substantial tree damage along a short path northeast before it appeared to have lifted near the Kansas river.

Wider weather episode

A long duration severe weather event occurred late afternoon into the night of May 6th. Supercell thunderstorms tracked across parts of central and northeast Kansas producing an EF0 tornado on the south side of Manhattan Kansas with baseball size hail also occurring with one of the storms. Additional storms developed after sunset across southeast Kansas and produced wind damage and also another small tornado south of Burlington Kansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1166136. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.