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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1143 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/17/2026 BELTON, MO AND ATCHISON, KS TORNADO EVENT...
ATCHISON
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.02 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 03:08 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE POTTER / ATCHISON COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 39.4628 / -95.1043
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 03:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 NE POTTER / ATCHISON COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 39.4628 / -95.104
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STORM CHASER OBSERVED BRIEF TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
230TH ROAD AND SHERIDAN ROAD IN ATCHISON COUNTY, KS. TIME WAS
APPROXIMATELY 3:08 PM CDT ON APRIL 17 AS ESTIMATED BY RADAR DATA.
RATING AS EF-U SINCE NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN THIS AREA,
ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
BELTON
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.13 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 05:19 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSW BELTON / CASS COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 38.7973 / -94.5401
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 05:24 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E BELTON / CASS COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.8101 / -94.5069
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MIAMI COUNTY
KANSAS INTO CASS COUNTY MISSOURI THROUGH 5 PM RESULTED IN AN
EMBEDDED CIRCUALATION WHICH RESULTED IN AN EF 1 TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO BEGAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTON, MO AROUND 5:19 PM CDT
AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST RESULTING IN STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE
THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACROSS THE BELONT CEMETERY BEFORE
MOVING MORE EAST-NORTHEAST. PAST THE CEMETERY, THE TORNADO
WEAKEND BRIEFLY TO AN EF 0, BEFORE INCREASING IN INTENSITY BACK
TO AN EF 1 AS IT ENTERED ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
58 AND S. MULLEN RD. SPORADIC EF 0 DAMAGE WAS FOUND EAST OF S.
MULLEN RD. THE TORNADO ENDED AROUND 5:24 PM CDT JUST BEFORE
INTERSTATE 49/U.S. 71. THANK YOU TO BELTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
KURTZ/CAROTHERS/GERTONSON
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