EF3 tornado in Ottawa County, Kansas
Tornado May 1, 2018 · Ottawa County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Saline County → Ottawa County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 880 yards (0.50 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 strong tornado developed in far northwestern Saline county Kansas around 744pm CDT and moved northeast into Ottawa County doing damage to several structures including a single family home. The tornado was well documented by numerous chasers and become wide with multiple vortices noted on video. The lack of DIs in this part of Kansas can be a challenge when it comes to rating tornadoes and using the traditional methodology of DIs yielded a EF3 rating. The tornado dissipated just to the southwest of Minneapolis, KS around 810 pm CDT.
The wider storm
Supercell T-storms developed across north central Kansas during the late afternoon on May 1. The supercells produced at least 4 documented tornadoes including a strong tornado in Ottawa county near Tescott Kansas. No injuries occurred with any of the storms.
Began near Tescott (38.9447, -97.8836).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 743852. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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