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Tornado May 6, 2024 · Chautauqua County, Kansas

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Not rated
0.0 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A report relayed via the media of a tornado near the state line and south of Hewins. No damage was reported in that area.

The wider storm

A dryline and Pacific cold front moved into the region on Monday May 6th, and with abundant moisture and instability already in place, storms erupted by the early afternoon hours across west-central Kansas. As storms tracked across central Kansas they produced hail up to slightly larger than baseballs! Storms became more numerous over southeast Kansas after sunset with wind and heavy rain becoming the main threats. The majority of the tornadoes on this day took place down in Oklahoma where an EF-4 struck the town of Barnsdall Oklahoma.

Began near Elgin (36.9998, -96.4138).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1181992. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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