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EF2 tornado in Riley County, Kansas

Tornado June 4, 2026 · Riley County, Kansas

EF2

Rating

3.8 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

NWS damage survey revealed a tornado developed over the small community of Riley and tracked around 4 miles to the northeast. The tornado caused EF2 damage at one home just northeast of Riley where outbuildings were destroyed and trees suffered significant damage. The rest of the track was EF0 to at worst low end EF1 damage. No property loss data was available as of this report.

The wider storm

Scattered severe storms impacted north central and northeast Kansas on June 4th with wind damage including a short lived but strong tornado that developed over the community of Riley and moved northeast for approximately 4-5 miles. It produced EF2 damage with winds to around 120 mph at one home just northeast of Riley. No injuries were reported.

Began near Riley (39.3000, -96.8200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1329874. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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