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EF3 Tornado — Norton, Kansas

2011-06-20 · near Densmore, Norton, Kansas

$350K

Property damage

3.9 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Storm survey team located a four-mile track of significant damage along and just south of Road S from Road 6 to Road 10. Major damage occurred to a grove of large cottonwood trees. Nearby, a farmstead received damage to outbuildings, utility poles, with the south-facing wall of the home bowed out as a result of the tornado.

Wider weather episode

A strong, slow-moving low pressure system moved across northwest Kansas during the afternoon, resulting in over a dozen tornadoes, some strong and long-lived. The strongest tornadoes occurred over Graham and Norton counties. Other reports of baseball sized hail were received.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 327296. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.