EF2 tornado in Harvey County, Kansas
Tornado May 6, 2015 · Harvey County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Sedgwick County → Harvey County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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
Impressive tornado continued to moved across open country. A small hog barn had the roof blown off and significant tree damage was noted along the path. The worst of which was to a fence row of cedar trees in which they were completely snapped and partially debarked for a width of approximately 150 yards (DI28 DOD5). the maximum width along the path was 300 yards.
The wider storm
A modest dryline developed across South Central and Central Kansas during the afternoon hours of May 6th, 2015. Moderate instability and shear combined to produce supercell thunderstorms across South Central Kansas and Central Kansas.
The supercell thunderstorms produced some large hail, but also produced five tornadoes across the area. One of the tornadoes was rated an EF3, with another rated an EF2.
Began near Burrton (37.9125, -97.6203).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 565781. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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