F3 Tornado — Ellis, Kansas

2002-05-05 · near Ellis, Ellis, Kansas

12.8 mi

Path length

880 yds

Path width

Event narrative

This tornado entered Ellis county from Trego county at 440 PM and continued a a northeast and easterly track. It did speed up at the end of it's life and as is typical, decreased in size. Another tornado was video taped just north and west of this tornado (during the same time), but was just across the county line. A brick building (that was very sturdy) was destroyed and strewn for hundreds of yards into a field. "Huge" cottonwood trees were either uprooted or snapped off at about five feet. A 250 gallon oil tank was moved 1.5 miles and was found lodged into a grove of trees.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5299954. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.