EF2 tornado — Montgomery County, Kansas

EF2 tornado in Montgomery County, Kansas

Tornado April 26, 2026 · Montgomery County, Kansas

EF2

Rating

4.6 mi

Path length

400 yd

Path width

Injury

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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

This tornado began SSW of Sycamore and tracked ENE along 5800 Rd causing EF2 damage to two houses east of the Verdigris River and north of Rd 5800. One occupant of one of the homes was unfortunately injured.

The wider storm

Multiple rounds of severe weather impacted central, south-central, and southeast Kansas from the morning hours of April 26th through the early morning hours of April 27th. Several reports of large hail and damaging winds were relayed; the largest hail size was three inches near Cherryvale, and the strongest wind gusts were in Oswego with 85-95 mph winds which damaged many trees in town. In addition, a few tornadoes occurred across southeast Kansas. The strongest tornado was an EF2 in Montgomery County with damage to two homes along with many trees and some outbuildings; unfortunately one resident was injured in this tornado.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1335555. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF2 tornado in Montgomery County, Kansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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