EF0 tornado in Pottawatomie County, Kansas

The mesocyclone within this thunderstorm produced a tornado in western Pottawatomie County which lifted, then produced a second, stronger tornado that went through Soldier. This tornado produced only minor damage for the most part. The beginning of the tornado path was marked by broken large tree branches. Along the path, more large tree branches were broken, a grain bin was blown into a field, and several tree tops were damaged. The end of the tornado path was near where several trees were broken off in a cemetary to the north-northwest of Louisville.

Two long lived supercells wreaked havoc across portions of north central and northeast Kansas on the night of June 11th. Three significant tornadoes touched down, caused millions of dollars in damage, killed two, and critically injured three citizens. The town of Chapman saw the most extensive damage. Approximately three-quarters of the town were damaged by the tornado that passed through. Numerous homes were demolished, as were both the middle school and high school. One death occurred in Chapman, as a result of flying debris striking a young woman while she protected her child. The most severe, but more localized damage occurred in the Miller Ranch neighborhood in Manhattan, where several homes were completely destroyed. The Soldier, Kansas tornado was responsible for the other death. A man was killed in his mobile home when it flipped several times and was found a few miles from it's original location. The unoccupied home a few hundred feet from the mobile home went virtually untouched. Thousands of citizens turned up over the next few weeks to help with the clean-up effort in both Chapman and Manhattan.