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EF1 tornado in Linn County, Kansas

Tornado April 13, 2026 · Linn County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
21.2 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

Around 8 PM on 13 April 2026, an EF-1 tornado associated with

a supercell developed in far southwest Linn County, KS, around

2 miles southeast of the town of Blue Mound near the intersection

of 300th Road and Farris Rd. The tornado tracked to the east

northeast, causing significant tree damage to a home off Ingrahm

Road. From there, the tornado crossed Kansas Highway 31/52 and

caused significant damage to trees at Curry Cemetery and then

caused damage to trees and outbuildings along 600th Road. The tornado

continued into the Sugar Valley and Hidden Valley Lakes community,

flipping over campers, damaging trees and docks, and throwing

a manufactured home off its cinder block supports, completely

destroying it, near Park Lane and Paine Road, where 2 people

sustained injuries. Continuing further to the east northeast,

the tornado caused significant tree and outbuilding damage to

a residence along Scott Road north of 750th Road, and then crossed

US Highway 69 about 2 miles south of Pleasanton and continued

all the way to the Missouri State Line just north of 1100th Road,

primarily damaging trees. The tornado continued into Bates County,

Missouri, damaging trees in the community of Worland, ending

shortly east northeast of Worland around 8:46 PM CDT. In total,

the tornado traveled around 24 miles over the course of 43 minutes,

with a peak wind of 105 mph.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon and early evening hours of April 13th, supercells moved into eastern Kansas, producing a few tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds.

Began near Blue Mound (38.0650, -94.9710).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Miami County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1318045. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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