Tornado in Saline County, Kansas
Tornado April 1, 2025 · Saline County, Kansas
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Trained spotter reported tornado with pictures sent via social media. No damage was found.
The wider storm
Strong south winds quickly increased low level moisture on Tuesday April 1st while a cold front sagged down from the north. This set the stage for severe storms to erupt during the early evening hour across central Kansas. One storm along the line quickly became a supercell and started to exhibit low level rotation. It produced a couple brief tornadoes as it approached Salina but luckily lifted before reaching the city. Numerous additional storms produced large hail along with damaging winds.
Began near Smolan (38.7600, -97.6900).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1254869. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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