Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF2
-- Length 3.59 Miles
-- Width 150 Yards
State KANSAS
County/Area GREENWOOD
WFO ICT
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2016-07-07 20:41 CST-6
Begin Location 1SW EUREKA ARPT
Begin Lat/Lon 37.8411/-96.3154
End Date 2016-07-07 20:53 CST-6
End Location 2E EUREKA
End Lat/Lon 37.8168/-96.2573
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 3.80M
Crop Damage
Episode Narrative A lone supercell thunderstorm developed over southeastern Chase county on the evening of July 7th, 2016. The supercell rapidly became tornadic, initially producing a brief tornado touchdown (EF0) in southeast Chase County. The supercell continued to move to the southeast, producing 2 different tornado damage paths across Greenwood county. The first Greenwood county tornado was an EF3, which is only the 5th such strong tornado to occur in Kansas during the month of July since 1950. The second Greenwood county tornado, moved northwest to southeast, through the town of Eureka, producing EF2 damage. The supercell produced another brief touchdown (EF0) in open country in Wilson county.
Event Narrative A tornado touched down just northwest of the Eureka Country Club and moved southeast across the town. As the tornado moved through town, it destroyed 31 homes, 23 homes had major damage, and another 32 had minor damage. A total of 152 structures were damaged in some way. The tornado was rated an EF2, due the damage caused across town, with the hardest hit areas, just to the west of the Eureka nursing home. NO serious injuries or deaths occurred with the tornado. Eyewitness accounts suggest that residents received ample warning lead time, due to the information being received through the alert function of their mobile devices.


    

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 3.900M 10.00K
MATFIELD GREEN CHASE CO. KS 07/07/2016 19:53 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TETERVILLE GREENWOOD CO. KS 07/07/2016 20:10 CST-6 Tornado EF3 0 0 100.00K 10.00K
CASSODAY BUTLER CO. KS 07/07/2016 20:28 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EUREKA ARPT GREENWOOD CO. KS 07/07/2016 20:41 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 3.800M 0.00K
COYVILLE WILSON CO. KS 07/07/2016 21:41 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 3.900M 10.00K