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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1132 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/27/2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE # 1
UPDATE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTS FROM LEAVENWORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED ADDITIONAL EF0 DAMAGE POINTS EAST OF THE
ORIGINAL SURVEYED END POINT OF THE TORNADO PATH. THIS NEW
INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADDED AND THE PATH END POINT AND TIME HAVE
BEEN UPDATED.
SOUTH OF TONGANOXIE KANSAS
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.10 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 03:31 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NNE RENO / LEAVENWORTH COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 39.0735 / -95.1087
END DATE: 07/22/2026
END TIME: 03:34 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE RENO / LEAVENWORTH COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 39.059 / -95.0749
SURVEY SUMMARY:
EARLY MONDAY APRIL 27, 2026, A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS RESULTED IN A BRIEF, EF1
TORNADO AT 3:31 AM CDT. THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST WEST OF US 24,
SOUTH OF TONGANOXIE, BETWEEN HONEY CREEK ROAD AND NORTH OF
HEMPHILL ROAD. EF 1 DAMAGE TO AN OUTBUILDING AND TREES WERE
SURVEYED JUST WEST OF US 24. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS OPEN
COUNTRY EAST OF US 24 BEFORE CAUSING EF-0 DAMAGE TO AN
OUTBUILDING AND POWER POLES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HEMPHILL
ROAD AND 214TH ST. SPECIAL THANKS TO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THE SURVEY ASSISTANCE.
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
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