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Tornado in Barton County, Kansas

Tornado May 17, 2026 · Barton County, Kansas

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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

A brief landspout tornado was reported by an off duty NWS employee.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms trained over portions of Barton, Russell, Ellsworth, and Lincoln counties during the afternoon and evening hours of May 17th. Several reports of large hail and flash flooding were received. The largest hail report was near Milberger in Russell County with a size of 2.25 inches in diameter.

Began near Hoisington (38.5510, -98.7716).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1344512. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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