EF1 tornado in Comanche County, Kansas
Tornado November 16, 2015 · Comanche County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Comanche County → Comanche County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 460 yards (0.26 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
This was the second tornado from the parent supercell thunderstorm. This tornado broke large branches from trees and took down a 1/4 mile stretch of power poles.
The wider storm
An unusually strong November severe weather episode occurred across the region. A very strong upper level low approached with with strong winds aloft. An unusually high amount of moisture and unseasonably unstable airmass were transported north into Kansas. Storms developed along a dry line but quickly moved off the dryline and became supercellular. Large, long tracked and rapidly moving tornadoes occurred along with instances of large and damaging hail.
Began near Wilmore (37.2193, -99.1161).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 609657. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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