EFU Tornado — Stanton, Kansas

2025-06-05 · near Johnson, Stanton, Kansas

Event narrative

Off-duty NWS employee reported a tornado with a photo. Shortly after, multiple storm chasers corroborated the report with more reports and pictures of the tornado. It was a very brief tornado with no damage.

Wider weather episode

Mid-level CVA with surface heating leading to instability, storms initiated along a surface boundary in Colorado. Into the afternoon these storms strengthened and moved into SW Kansas producing a tornado, hail, strong wind gusts, and areas of flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1268685. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.