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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
131 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE 26-27 APRIL 2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
NW MIAMI COUNTY 04/26/2026
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 93 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.96 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/26/2026
START TIME: 04:20 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE WELLSVILLE / MIAMI COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 38.6806 / -95.0481
END DATE: 04/26/2026
END TIME: 04:25 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ESE WELLSVILLE / MIAMI COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 38.6847 / -95.0121
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AT 4:20 PM CDT ON SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2026, AN EF 1 TORNADO
DEVELOPED WITHIN A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST
MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS. THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
PLEASANT VALLEY RD AND W 247TH RD. THIS TORNADO ENDED NEAR
INDIANAPOLIS RD AROUND 4:25 PM CDT.
NW LINN COUNTY 04/26/2026
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.81 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/26/2026
START TIME: 04:38 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 SW PARKER / LINN COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 38.2582 / -95.0554
END DATE: 04/26/2026
END TIME: 04:45 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE PARKER / LINN COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 38.317 / -94.9549
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SHORTLY AFTER 4:30 PM CDT ON SUNDAY APRIL 26TH, AN EMBEDDED
CIRCULATION WITHIN A SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN AN
EF 0 TORNADO. THIS TORNADO STARTED AT 4:38 PM CDT SOUTHWEST OF
GOODRICH, KS AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST ENDING AT 4:45 PM CDT.
DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO TREES AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS.
NE SPRING HILL JOHNSON COUNTY 04/27/2026
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 05:38 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE SPRING HILL / JOHNSON COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 38.7528 / -94.7972
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 05:39 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ENE SPRING HILL / JOHNSON COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 38.7528 / -94.7947
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF EF 0 TORNADO OCCURRED JUST NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL, KS IN
SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY KS AT 5:38 AM CDT ON MONDAY APRIL 27,
2026. THIS TORNADO WAS ONLY ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. IT
BEGAN ALONG W 207TH ST NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH S RIDGEVIEW
ROAD. DAMAGE WAS PRIMARILY TO TREES.
NW BUCYRUS JOHNSON COUNTY 04/27/2026
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.09 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 05:45 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NW BUCYRUS / JOHNSON COUNTY / KS
START LAT/LON: 38.7384 / -94.7357
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 05:46 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW BUCYRUS / JOHNSON COUNTY / KS
END LAT/LON: 38.7383 / -94.7341
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE SAME STORM THAT RESULTED IN A SHORT LIVED EF 0 TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL, RESULTED IN A SECOND TORNADO, THIS ONE
AN EF 1 TORNADO JUST ALONG THE JOHNSON COUNTY KS AND MIAMI COUNTY
KANSAS LINE. THIS WAS ALSO A SHORT LIVED TORNADO, WITH EF
1 DAMAGE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME NORTH OF W 215TH STREET.
SLATER-GILLIAM-GLASGOW 04/27/2026
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 36.51 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:52 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 WSW SLATER / SALINE COUNTY / MO
START LAT/LON: 39.2039 / -93.1617
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 07:28 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 SSE HIGBEE / HOWARD COUNTY / MO
END LAT/LON: 39.252 / -92.4905
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR BLUEBIRD TRAIL SOUTHWEST OF SLATER AT
652 AM ON APRIL 27, PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AS IT MOVED
NORTHEASTWARD TO NEAR ROUTE O WEST OF SLATER. THE TORNADO
STRENGTHENED AS IT PROGRESSED THROUGH SLATER, PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE, WITH SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND
VEHICLES DAMAGED FROM FALLEN TREES OR LIMBS. A SET OF GRAIN BINS
WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED NORTH OF INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, AND SEVERAL
HOUSES TO THE NORTH OF THE GRAIN BINS SUFFERED MINOR ROOF AND
SHINGLE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN PROGRESSED NORTHEASTWARD NEAR
ROUTE 240 TO THE TOWN OF GILLIAM. SEVERE TREE AND POWER POLE
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST OF GILLIAM. ONE
PROPERTY IN GILLIAM WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED FROM A LARGE, UPROOTED
TREE THAT FELL ONTO VEHICLES AND THE HOME. DOZENS OF POWER POLES
WERE DOWNED OR SNAPPED ALONG ROUTE 240 EAST OF GILLIAM, WITH THE
SNAPPED POLES CONFIRMING EF-2 DAMAGE. JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ROUTE
240, HOG BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS NEAR THE DAMAGED POWER POLES WERE
HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BARN JUST TO
THE NORTH OF ROUTE 240 EAST OF GILLIAM WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH
WALLS CAVED IN ON MULTIPLE SIDES. DEBRIS FROM THE BARN WAS LOFTED
OVER 200 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. IRRIGATION PIVOTS NEAR THE BARN
WERE OVERTURNED AS WELL. AS THE TORNADO APPROACHED THE MISSOURI
RIVER WEST OF GLASGOW, A LONG SERIES OF POWER POLES WAS SNAPPED
OR DOWNED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF GLASGOW,
PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT TREE, POWER LINE, AND SHINGLE DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST OF GLASGOW, PRODUCING
PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE FOR THE REST OF ITS PATH AS IT MOVED EAST-
NORTHEAST TO SOUTH OF ARMSTRONG AND EVENTUALLY ROUTE A SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF HIGBEE. A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES BETWEEN GLASGOW AND
HIGBEE WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLEN TREES. THE LAST VISIBLE SIGNS OF
DAMAGE WERE EAST OF ROUTE A AND NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 136 IN FAR
NORTHEAST HOWARD COUNTY, WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED AT
THEIR TOPS WEST OF MONITEAU CREEK. MAXIMUM WINDS OF THE TORNADO
WERE APPROXIMATELY 115 MPH (EF2) WITH A PATH LENGTH OF NEARLY
36.5 MILES AND AN APPROXIMATE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 350 YARDS.
NWS KANSAS CITY WOULD LIKE TO THANK BRAD HINZ, EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR
SALINE COUNTY, FOR HIS HELP SURVEYING MUCH OF THE DAMAGE PATH.
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.
CURTIS/CMS/PITTMAN/MACKO
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