EF0 tornado in Ottawa County, Kansas
Tornado May 6, 2015 · Ottawa County, Kansas
NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Chaser relayed report of a tornado on the ground north of Wells around 855pm CDT. No damage was found by EM in open country.
The wider storm
Approximately 14 tornadoes were documented and confirmed via reports and radar data all occurring during the late afternoon and evening of May 6th. The tornadoes impacted Republic, Cloud, Washington and Clay Counties. In fact, 7 tornadoes alone occurred in Republic County. This was the largest one day outbreak of tornadoes in the past 10 years for NWS Topeka. The strongest tornado was an EF3 that destroyed a home south of Munden in Republic county. The longest was over 25 miles in length also across Republic county.
Began near Wells (39.1756, -97.5607).
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 565948. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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