EF2 tornado in Norton County, Kansas
Tornado June 20, 2011 · Norton County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Norton County → Norton County → Norton County → Phillips County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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
A four mile path of storm damage was surveyed southeast of Calvert. A large outbuilding at a residence was completely destroyed, irrigation pivots overturned, utility poles damaged, and the back section of a house was also of heavily damaged.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Calvert (39.7960, -99.7207).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
13 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 327354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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