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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
832 AM CDT WED APR 22 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/17/2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE 001..
UPDATE
PUBLIC REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BELTON
AND NORTH HWY 58 IN RAYMORE PROMPTED AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY. THE
DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND SPORADIC EF 0 DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE WAS IN
LINE WITH THE PARENT MESOVORTEX AND APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUATION
OF THE ORIGINAL BELTON TORNADO PATH.
BELTON - RAYMORE
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.81 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 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: 38.7972 / -94.5402
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 05:29 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNW RAYMORE / CASS COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 38.8174 / -94.4585
SURVEY SUMMARY:
UPDATED: AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MIAMI
COUNTY KANSAS INTO CASS COUNTY MISSOURI THROUGH 5 PM ON FRIDAY
APRIL 17, 2026 PRODUCED AN EMBEDDED CIRCULATION 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 BELTON CEMETERY BEFORE MOVING MORE EAST-NORTHEAST. PAST THE
CEMETERY, THE TORNADO WEAKENED 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. TOWARD I-49/US 71, THE
TORNADO WEAKENED AND SPORADIC EF 0 DAMAGE WAS FOUND CROSSING HWY
58 AND THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTHWEST AND JUST EAST OF JOHNSTON
LAKE. THE TORNADO ENDED AROUND 5:29 PM CDT. 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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
KURTZ/CAROTHERS/GERTONSON
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