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EF1 tornado in Johnson County, Kansas

Tornado May 19, 2024 · Johnson County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
2.6 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Preliminary results of a NWS Damage Survey have confirmed an EF-1 Tornado occurred Sunday Night, May 19th, 2024 in northeastern Johnson County Kansas. Much of the path was EF-0 Damage, with a pocket of EF-1 Damage with max winds around 95 MPH. The tornado began near the western edge of Prairie Village Kansas, near 79th and Lamar Ave around 10:39 PM CDT. It continued northeast through Prairie Village toward Fairway KS and ending around 10:45 PM CDT on the western edge of Mission Hills.

The wider storm

During the late evening hours of May 19th, a squall line brought severe wind gusts and a few tornadoes to portions of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.

Began near Overland Park (38.9900, -94.6600).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Johnson CountyEF1 Johnson CountyEF1 Leavenworth County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1263134. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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