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Tornado in Woodson County, Kansas

Tornado June 29, 2024 · Woodson County, Kansas

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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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 brief landspout was reported by the fire department; there were public reports on social media with pictures and videos.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms tracked across south central and southeast Kansas beginning during the afternoon hours of the 29th and lasting into the late evening hours. These storms produced quarter to baseball sized hail and damaging wind gusts up to 75 mph; damage occurred to trees and power poles. There was one landspout reported inear Yates Center. Heavy rain persisted over south central Kansas which led to flash flooding in Kingman.

Began near Yates Center (37.8369, -95.7801).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1199135. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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