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Tornado in Greenwood County, Kansas

Tornado May 31, 2026 · Greenwood County, Kansas

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

15 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 15 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple pictures received via social media from a few storm chasers.

The wider storm

A few supercells developed across portions of central and east-central Kansas during the night of May 31. These storms produced half-dollar to golf ball size hail. There was also a brief tornado near the town of Madison, Kansas.

Began near Madison (38.1446, -96.1610).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1337239. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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