Storm reports: Supercell thunderstorm produces 3 confirmed tornadoes across Kansas (2024)

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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A supercell thunderstorm has produced three confirmed tornadoes across Kansas on Sunday.

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The City of Russell has published several emergency reports regarding Sunday’s storm, including power outages and damage done. See the latest emergency reports online.

A Russell resident tells KSN the Quality Inn “got hit hard.”

“The north side of the building every window got shattered as well as the ACs,” they said.

The storm is causing power outages across the state.

KSN Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman, KSN Meteorologist Lucy Doll, and KSN Meteorologist Ronelle Williams were tracking storm reports from across the KSN viewing area.

Storm reports:

Monday

9:13 a.m.

  • 1.89 inches of rain – 3 E Lindsborg – McPherson County
  • 2.11 inches of rain – 3 E McPherson– McPherson County
  • 2.43 inches of rain- 2 NW Goessel- McPherson County
  • 1.75 inches of rain – Hillsboro – Marion County
  • 1.77 inches of rain – 5 NNW Sylvan Grove – Lincoln County
  • 1.04 inches of rain – 5 NW Halstead – Harvey County
  • 1.30 inches of rain – 1 SE Lincoln – Lincoln County

9:07 a.m.

  • Tree damage – Catherine – Ellis County
  • 75 mph winds – 9 NNW Offerle – Hodgeman County

Sunday

9:40 p.m.

  • Emergency Management reports 40 by 60 foot pole arm was taken down, and a chicken coop was blown into a hedge row – Burns – Marion County
  • Large tree limb fell on a house in the 1400 block of East Denver in Park City, causing apartment structural damage

9:34 p.m.

  • Large tree limbs down blocking the road at 10th and Pinecrest blocking roadway – NE Wichita – Sedgwick County

9:20 p.m.

  • 60 mph winds – 1 NE Emporia – Lyon County
  • 76 mph winds – 1 E Emporia – Lyon County

9:16 p.m.

  • 60 mph winds – 4 N Virgil – Greenwood County
  • Roof blown off of metal outbuilding – 6 NE Valley Center – Sedgwick County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 3 W Augusta – Butler County

9:14 p.m.

  • Power lines and trees down – Emporia – Lyon County
  • 64 mph winds – NNW Olpe – Lyon County
  • 70 mph winds – 4 E Wisley – Morris County

9:04 p.m.

  • 60 mph winds at Eureka Airport – Greenwood County

8:57 p.m.

  • Large tree on a house in the 400 block of South Volutsia in Wichita

8:56 p.m.

  • 60 mph winds – Cassoday – Butler County
  • Tree limbs down, 4-inch diameter – 4 ESE Augusta – Butler County
  • 6 to 8-inch diameter tree limbs down – Potwin – Butler County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – Peabody – Marion County
  • Tree limbs down across the city – Towanda – Butler County
  • Reports of shed blown down – 6 WSW Burns -Marion County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 3 WSW Parks – Dundy County

8:42 p.m.

  • 86 mph winds – Hutchinson airport – Reno County
  • 80 mph winds – 1 S Mount Hope – Sedgwick County
  • Multiple power lines down as well as structural damage reported – South Hutchinson – Reno County
  • 60 mph winds – 5 NW Halstead – Harvey County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 4 N Hesston – McPherson County
  • 65 mph winds – 4 N Heston – McPherson County
  • Street flooding across McPherson – McPherson County
  • 64 mph winds – 4 ENE Newton – Harvey County

7:43 p.m.

  • 80 mph winds – Kingman – Kingman County
  • Roof blown off of building on South Main Street – Hutchinson – Reno County

7:41 p.m.

  • Roofs blown off in Haven

7:24 p.m.

  • 56 mph winds – 1 W Lyons – Rice County
  • Ping pong ball sized hail – 6 E Geneseo – Rice County

7:19 p.m.

  • 70 mph winds – 1 N Langdon – Reno County
  • 70 mph winds – Penalosa- Kingman County

7:13 p.m.

  • Power out in Goessel – Marion County
  • 61 mph winds – 2 SSW Iuka – Pratt County
  • Ping pong ball-sized hail – Hope – Dickinson County
  • 60 mph winds – McPherson – McPherson County
  • Power lines down – 3 SE Lindsborg – McPherson County

6:58 p.m.

  • 60 mph winds – 2 ENE Great Bend – Barton County
  • Half-dollar-sized hail – 1 NW Abilene – Dickinson County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 2 SW Abilene – Dickinson County
  • 65 mph winds – 1 N Abilene – Dickinson County
  • Hen egg-sized hail – Winona – Logan County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 3 E Edson – Sherman County
  • 60 mph winds – McCracken – Rush County
  • 60 mph winds – Ellinwood – Barton County

6:50 p.m.

According to Ellsworth County Emergency Management:

  • Russell : 3 garages flattened on the north side of town
  • Ellsworth: Power poles down
  • Ellsworth: Flooding in the county

6:47 p.m.

  • Flooding on Crawford Street from Front to 3rd – Salina – Saline County
  • 60 mph winds – 2 ENE Great Bend – Barton County

6:44 p.m.

  • Quarter-sized hail – Culver – Ottawa County
  • 60 mph winds – Tescott – Ottawa County
  • Half dollar-sized hail – 1 SSW Culver – Ottawa County
  • 60 MPH winds – Culver – Ottawa County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 5 SSW Bennington – Ottawa County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 4 SE Bennington – Ottawa County
  • Half dollar-sized hail – 5 S Bennington – Ottawa County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 1 ESE Solomon – Dickinson County

6:25 p.m.

  • Quarter-sized hail – 5 ESE New Cambria – Saline County
  • 65 mph Winds – 3 W Macksville – Edwards County

6:18 p.m.

  • Power lines and trees lines are down, roads are starting to flood – Brookville – Saline County
  • Power lines and trees down – Salina – Saline County

6:07 p.m.

  • 100 mph winds reported at the Salina Airport at 5:59 p.m. – Salina Airport – Saline County

5:38 p.m.

  • 70 mph winds – Russell – Russell County
  • 82 mph winds – Russell Airport – Russell County
  • 70 mph winds – Sylvan Grove – Lincoln County
  • 70 mph winds – 2 NNW Ulysses – Grant County
  • 66 mph winds – 1 WSW Hayne – Seward County
  • 60 mph winds – 10 WSW Westfall – Lincoln County
  • 60 mph winds – 1 SSW Garden City – Finney County
  • 60 mph winds – 5 N Ellsworth – Ellsworth County
  • 74 mph winds – 3 NW Pierceville – Finney County
  • 61 mph winds – 7 N Plains City – Meade County

5:32 p.m.

  • Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 W Hays – Ellis County
  • Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Hays – Ellis County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 1 SSW Victoria – Ellis County
  • Ping pong ball-sized hail – Victoria – Ellis County
  • Half-dollar-sized hail – Russell – Russell County
  • Tennis ball-sized hail – Russell – Russell County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Russell – Russell County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Russell – Russell County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – Wilson – Ellsworth County
  • Quarter-sized hail – 10 WSW Westfall – Lincoln County
  • Ping pong ball sized hail – 6 S Dorrance – Russell County
  • Hen egg-sized hail – 1 S Russell Airport – Russell County
  • Quarter-sized hail – Ellsworth – Ellsworth County

4:52 p.m.

  • Confirmed tornado on the ground at 7 S Lincoln at 4:46 p.m. Could be rain-wrapped.

4:16 p.m.

  • Spotter confirms tornado on the ground 3 miles SW of Lake Wilson at 4:25 p.m. in Lincoln County.

3:36 p.m.

  • Storm spotter confirms a tornado near Gorham at 3:30 p.m.

3:19 p.m.

  • Quarter-sized hail – 6 E Trego Center – Trego County
  • Hen egg-sized hail – Ellis – Ellis County
  • Tea cup-sized hail – 1 ENE Ellis – Ellis County
  • Ping pong ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Ellis – Ellis County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 2 WNW Ellis – Trego County
  • Ping pong ball-sized hail – 1 NW Hays – Ellis County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – 3 SSW Hays – Ellis County
  • Golf ball-sized hail – Hays – Ellis County
  • Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Hays – Ellis County
  • Tennis ball-sized hail – 3 WNW Munjor – Ellis County

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Storm reports: Supercell thunderstorm produces 3 confirmed tornadoes across Kansas. WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A supercell thunderstorm has produced three confirmed tornadoes across Kansas on Sunday. Hail photos from Kelli Johnson in Russell on May 19.

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The fifth type of thunderstorm, the supercell, is a highly organized storm. Nearly all supercells produce some sort of severe weather (large hail or damaging winds) yet only 30 percent or less produce tornadoes.

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Once the updraft is rotating and being fed by warm, moist air flowing in at ground level, a tornado can form. There are many ideas about this too. Scientists still have many questions. As few as 20 percent of all supercell thunderstorms actually produce tornadoes.

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HP supercells occur in environments with rich low-level moisture and moderate-to-strong wind shear, and are a threat for tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding. An example of an HP storm embedded within a squall line occurred over south-central Kentucky on May 18, 1995.

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A​labama and Oklahoma each have had seven F/EF5 tornadoes. Iowa, Kansas and Texas have had six such tornadoes each. Locations of the F/EF5 tornadoes in the U.S. from 1950 through 2023.

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This article lists various tornado records. The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925.

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Only 30% or less of supercells or less produce tornadoes, but they all produce some sort of severe weather, according to the weather service. While supercells are the least common type of thunderstorm, they are most common in the central part of the United States.

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In the United States, only about five percent of thunderstorms become severe and only about one percent produce tornadoes.

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Texas leads the nation in the number of tornadoes that occur each year on average, followed by Kansas. Texas leads the nation for the average number each year only because of its size.

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What makes a supercell unique from all other thunderstorm types is that it contains a deep and persistent rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. If the environment is favorable, supercell thunderstorms can last for several hours.

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What is a Dust Devil? A common wind phenomenon that occurs throughout much of the world, including Arizona, are dust devils. An example of a dust devil can be seen to the left. These dust-filled vortices, created by strong surface heating, are generally smaller and less intense than a tornado.

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The forms can be used in new or existing construction. Interior and exterior finish options include drywall, sheetrock, or siding nailed to the foam. ICFs can be used to build a stand-alone safe room or an entire house.

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A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association with supercell thunderstorms, and are often, but not always, a visual precursor to tornadoes.

Has there ever been an F6? ›

In total, two tornadoes received the rating of F6, but both were later downgraded to F5. Based on aerial photographs of the damage it caused, Fujita assigned the strongest tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, which affected Xenia, Ohio, a preliminary rating of F6 intensity ± 1 scale.

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If you've lived in Kansas for very long, you've probably got at least one tornado story. And the grandaddy of all Kansas tornado stories is about the one that struck the small town of Udall, southeast of Wichita, in May of 1955. That tornado, the deadliest in Kansas history, killed 77 people.

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Where do most tornadoes occur in Kansas? With 112 tornadoes from 1950 to 2022, Ford County in western Kansas has experienced more twisters than any other county in Kansas, closely followed by Sherman County with 105 and Barton County with 103.

What does a supercell thunderstorm create? ›

On the thunderstorm spectrum, supercells are the least common type of thunderstorm, but they have a high propensity to produce severe weather, including damaging winds, very large hail, and sometimes weak to violent tornadoes.

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Winds moving in different speeds and directions at different altitudes cause the rising air to start spinning. Air that spins as it rises is typical in a supercell, the strongest type of thunderstorm, but not all spinning air creates a tornado. For a tornado to form, there also needs to be spinning air near the ground.

Has there been an F6 tornado? ›

In total, two tornadoes received the rating of F6, but both were later downgraded to F5. Based on aerial photographs of the damage it caused, Fujita assigned the strongest tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak, which affected Xenia, Ohio, a preliminary rating of F6 intensity ± 1 scale.

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