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Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.6 Miles
-- Width 20 Yards
State KANSAS
County/Area ROOKS
WFO GID
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2008-05-29 18:09 CST-6
Begin Location 3E ZURICH
Begin Lat/Lon 39.2347/-99.3732
End Date 2008-05-29 18:11 CST-6
End Location 3W PLAINVILLE
End Lat/Lon 39.2396/-99.364
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 5.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County. On tornado inflected significant damage to the community of Jewell, including destroying the town���s caf�� and water tower. Several homes in rural areas of Mitchell and Jewell Counties were damaged or destroyed. The town of Woodston in eastern Rooks County also had a twister move through the community; luckily damage was not as severe. All together eight tornadoes occurred in this part of north-central Kansas and no critical injuries were reported. Other areas of north-central Kansas also saw hail and heavy rains from the storms. An area between Webster Lake and Stockton in Rooks County had hail up to the size of baseballs. The hail damaged windows and siding of homes along the storms path. In addition to the tornadoes, hail and wind, thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain across the Solomon River valleys. This resulted in some flooding of rural roads and area creeks and rivers.
Event Narrative This brief tornado snapped a few power poles east of Zurich.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 6.251M 8.300M
WEBSTER RES ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 16:46 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 5.00K 200.00K
PALCO ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 17:02 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 75.00K 100.00K
KIRWIN RES PHILLIPS CO. KS 05/29/2008 17:30 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 5.00K 200.00K
WEBSTER ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 17:31 CST-6 Hail 2.75 in. 0 0 75.00K 1.500M
WOODSTON ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 17:38 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 60.00K 0.00K
AGRA PHILLIPS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 50.00K 500.00K
WEBSTER ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 50.00K 500.00K
PALCO ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:02 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 5.00K 100.00K
ZURICH ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:05 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
ZURICH ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:09 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
ZURICH ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 18:45 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 10.00K 100.00K
ALTON OSBORNE CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 75.00K 750.00K
REAMSVILLE SMITH CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 75.00K 750.00K
CORINTH OSBORNE CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:16 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
TIPTON MITCHELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:28 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
SMITH CENTER SMITH CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:36 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 60.00K 0.00K
GLEN ELDER MITCHELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:40 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 500.00K 500.00K
SOLOMON RAPIDS MITCHELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 19:58 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 300.00K
CAWKER CITY MITCHELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 75.00K 750.00K
CLAUDELL SMITH CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:00 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 2.00K 100.00K
JEWELL JEWELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:00 CST-6 Tornado EF3 0 0 5.000M 1.000M
NORTH BRANCH JEWELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 75.00K 750.00K
RANDALL JEWELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:06 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 2.00K 100.00K
DAMAR ROOKS CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:10 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 20.00K 100.00K
FORMOSO JEWELL CO. KS 05/29/2008 20:30 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 6.251M 8.300M