EF0 tornado in Osage County, Kansas

A narrow damage path was noted to the northwest of the main tornado damage path associated with the Reading tornado. This path featured damage to trees and a cow pen. Trees were blown down to the west and the cow pen was blown toward the northeast within this narrow path. This tornado appeared to be separate from the main tornado that hit Reading and moved into Osage County.

Supercell thunderstorms developed in advance of a cold front and dryline during the late afternoon of Saturday May 21st. Several of the supercell thunderstorms produced tornadoes including at least 2 brief touchdowns in Topeka. The strongest tornado was rated an EF3 and hit the town of Reading Kansas. In all there were 8 tornadoes across Northeast Kansas that evening. There was one fatality which occurred in the town of Reading where a man was killed when his mobile home was destroyed. There were 5 injuries that required treatment in Reading. The supercells also produced huge hailstones with some reported to be the size of softballs and numerous reports of baseball size hail in and around Topeka.