Tornado in Geary County, Kansas
Tornado May 21, 2019 · Geary County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dickinson County → Geary County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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
Tornado formed around 1-2 miles northeast of Chapman and tracked into Geary County. Formed near interstate 70 northeast of Chapman based on spotter reports. No damage reports have been received from the track in Dickinson and Geary Counties. This is the segment that traveled across Geary county including parts of Milford State Park and ended on Ft. Riley Army Base grounds.
The wider storm
Supercell t-storms developed quickly along an arc from north central east southeast through northeast Kansas during the late afternoon and early evening on Tuesday May 21st. The supercells occurred in an environment conducive to rapid low level rotation and tornado formation. At least 6 tornadoes were documented between 4pm and 9 pm during that evening. Some were longer track tornadoes with the strongest being rated an EF3.
Began near Alida (39.0180, -96.9630).
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 818311. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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