EF1 tornado in Barton County, Kansas
Tornado May 24, 2011 · Barton County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Stafford County → Barton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 315 yards (0.18 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado moved out of Stafford county and into Barton County. Minimal damage was reported by the tornado.
The wider storm
A strong upper level disturbance and associated frontal boundary interacted with a moist and unstable air mass to produce a couple rounds of widespread strong to severe thunderstorms across central, south-central and southeast Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours on the 24th. A handful of tornadoes occurred across central Kansas, some of which produced damage and an injury. Straight-line thunderstorm winds of 60 to 80 mph also affected many locations, producing areas of damage. Large hail was not as prevalent, although some stones did reach one inch in diameter.
Began near Dundee (38.2610, -98.7692).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 293938. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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