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Tornado June 20, 2026 · Rawlins County, Kansas

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Not rated
2.6 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

Storm chasers reported a tornado southeast of Ludell, south of the highway. No structural damage was reported by the tornado, however a tornado debris signature was seen on radar while the tornado was ongoing.

The wider storm

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms impacted northwest Kansas from the mid-afternoon hours through the late evening hours on the 20th, in vicinity of deepening low pressure over eastern Colorado. Thunderstorms started out as more isolated and moved eastward. With time, thunderstorms congealed into a large complex and moved more southeastward. High amounts of atmospheric instability and wind shear supported several higher-end severe weather reports, including baseball size hail in Sheridan County, and up to 100 mph winds in Thomas County. The inflow winds with the thunderstorm complex were so high they caused dust storm conditions. Dust storm conditions also occurred with the outflow winds from the thunderstorm complex. These thunderstorms also produced high rainfall rates for a prolonged amount of time. This led to flash flooding of a magnitude that had not been seen in decades.

Began near Ludell (39.8005, -100.9008).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1352185. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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