EF0 Tornado — Coffey, Kansas

2024-05-06 · near Sharpe, Coffey, Kansas

0.9 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Survey revealed an old barn that had its metal roof panels removed and tossed approximately one half mile to the northeast into open fields. A narrow path of tree limb damage was also found around 1 mile to the southwest of the barn. The damage was suggestive of a small brief tornado in this area.

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 1166343. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.