EF1 tornado in Nemaha County, Kansas

This is the last segment of a tornado path that touched down in Pottawatomie County, moved northeast into Jackson County, and then continued northeast into Nemaha County where it lifted. This is segment 3 of 3. After the tornado crossed into Nemaha County, it caused extensive damage to large trees in rural areas. The damage indicators to the large trees were consistent with EF1 windspeeds.

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.