EF2 Tornado — Woodson, Kansas

2024-04-26 · near Batesville, Woodson, Kansas

5.8 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Rural fire department surveyed the damage to a farmstead which had four outbuildings destroyed. A trailer, which was attached to a pickup, was tossed a quarter of a mile. There was some damage to the windows on the house and hardwood trees on the property had broken limbs. The rest of the damage in the county was to trees with branches broken.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1175782. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.