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EF0 tornado in Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Tornado April 23, 2026 · Wabaunsee County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

3.5 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

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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 EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Intermittent tree limb damage noted along this short path.

The wider storm

Severe t-storms developed during the late afternoon into the evening of April 23rd. Large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes were documented. The strongest tornado damaged structures at lake kahola near the Morris and Chase County line. The other tornadoes were rated EF0 or EFU due to lack of documented damage.

Began near Alma (39.0500, -96.3800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Morris County EFU Lyon County EFU Wabaunsee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320378. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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