EF0 Tornado — Osage, Kansas

2019-05-28 · near Overbrook, Osage, Kansas

1.2 mi

Path length

50 yds

Path width

Event narrative

NWS employees surveyed the track and found damage beginning around 2 miles southeast of Overbrook that continued northeast into Douglas county. The sporadic damage path continued to just east southeast of Lone Star Lake in Douglas County where it merged with a larger circulation that eventually become the long track violent tornado. The Osage county portion only had EF0 damage associated with it.

Wider weather episode

A high precipitation supercell t-storm developed during the afternoon of May 28th across Lyon County Kansas and tracked northeast through the evening producing several tornadoes. The strongest tornado was an EF4 violent tornado that tracked just south of Lawrence Kansas northeast into Leavenworth county Kansas. No fatalities occurred due to the tornadoes with around 17 injuries reported with most of those associated with vehicles that were chasing the storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 816436. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.