EF1 tornado in Cherokee County, Kansas
Tornado May 20, 2019 · Cherokee County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Cherokee County → Crawford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 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 National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 105 mph traveled along a half mile path in Cherokee County before continuing into Crawford County with a total path length of 2 miles. This tornado touched down to the northeast of Weir in the Brush Creek basin, where it snapped limbs from trees, then crossed Highway 400 near NE 50th Street into Crawford County Kansas.
The wider storm
Multiple rounds of storms producing heavy rainfall, severe winds, hail and tornadoes moved across Southeastern Kansas and into the Missouri Ozarks from May 20th through May 22th as upper level disturbances interacted with a slow moving but powerful storm system over the Central Plains. Tornadoes occurred with each round, with the strongest and most numerous tornadoes occurring during the late afternoon and evening of the 22nd. The cumulative rainfall caused areas of flash flooding with some flooding lingering across the region. Some locations in southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri reported in excess of 8 inches of rainfall over the 72 hour period.
Began near Daisy Hill (37.3325, -94.7516).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 828022. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
Tornadoes near your address
See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.