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Tornado in Saline County, Kansas

Tornado June 8, 2026 · Saline 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

A brief tornado occurred in an open field.

The wider storm

A complex of thunderstorms developed across portions of north-central Kansas during the late afternoon hours of June 8th. These thunderstorms rapidly intensified and moved south and southeast across the I-70 corridor. Widespread wind damage occurred across portions of Lincoln, Ellsworth, Saline, McPherson, Marion, and Chase counties. In fact, a wind gust of 113 mph was measured at the Salina Airport.

Began near New Cambria (38.8501, -97.5408).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1357379. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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