Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
776 NOUS43 KEAX 210152 CCA PNSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-211145- Public Information Statement - Correction National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 633 PM CDT Mon May 20 2024 ...NWS Damage Survey for 05/19/2024 Squall Line Tornado Event... .Overview... Shortly after 10 PM CDT, a severe squall line, with a history of producing damaging wind gusts, began to move into the western side of the Kansas City Metro. As this line advanced and lifted east-northeast across Johnson County Kansas, two distinct and brief embedded circulations developed. The first of these occurred in northwestern Johnson County, in far western Shawnee, KS, resulting in a path of enhanced straight line winds and a brief EF-1 tornado. The second circulation began south of I-435 near Johnson County Community College and resulted in a sporadic path of straight line wind damage before organizing and developing a brief EF-1 tornado as it crossed through the west and northwest side of Prairie Village, KS. .School Track_05-19-2024... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 1.75 miles Path Width /maximum/: 105 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:31 PM CDT Start Location: 2 WNW Shawnee / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 39.0153 / -94.8435 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:36 PM CDT End Location: 1 WSW Holliday / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 39.0354 / -94.8262 Survey Summary: Most notable damage was to school concession stand and administrative building near the track and football field of Mill Valley High School. Debris from this area was carried a few neighborhoods away. In one of the neighborhoods, there was roof damage to two homes with loss of roof decking on the corner of one home. Most of the damage was to trees with large trunks snapped higher up in the tree, some trees were uprooted though they were evergreens with shallow root systems or the tree was beginning to rot at the base. Debris was in an overall convergent pattern. .Prairie Village... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 95 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.72 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:39 PM CDT Start Location: 1 ENE Overland Park / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.9881 / -94.6574 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:45 PM CDT End Location: Fairway / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 39.0173 / -94.6262 Survey Summary: Preliminary results of a NWS Damage Survey have confirmed an EF- 1 Tornado occurred Sunday Night, May 19th, 2024 in northeastern Johnson County Kansas. Much of the path was EF-0 Damage, with a pocket of EF-1 Damage with max winds around 95 MPH. The tornado began near the western edge of Prairie Village Kansas, near 79th and Lamar Ave around 10:39 PM CDT. It continued northeast through Prairie Village toward Fairway KS and ending around 10:45 PM CDT on the western edge of Mission Hills. && 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. $$ Allen/Pittman/Kreller/Sipprell/Kurtz