Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO
558 NOUS43 KEAX 231813 PNSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-240615- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 113 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024 ...NWS Damage Survey for 05/19/2024 Tornado and Damaging Wind Event Update # 1... .Update... This Public Information Statement includes the addition of two additional surveyed and confirmed tornadoes, the first near Gardner, KS and the second in rural Leavenworth County KS. It also includes surveyed paths of straight line wind damage associated with the passage of this squall line through the Metro area Sunday, May 19th, 2024, night. .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 and into Leavenworth, Platte, Jackson, and Clay counties, several embedded circulations developed. The majority of these resulted in isolated and brief paths of enhanced winds and straight line wind damage. Four of these brief circulations resulted in brief, short-lived tornadoes. The first tornado occurred in central Johnson County, near Gardner, a brief EF-1. The second in northwestern Johnson County, in far western Shawnee, KS, resulted 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. The fourth tornado was a very brief EF-1 in rural portions of southern Leavenworth County Kansas. .Gardner Kansas... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 99 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.35 miles Path Width /maximum/: 75 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:19 PM CDT Start Location: 2 SSW Gardner / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.783500000000004 / -94.939 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:21 PM CDT End Location: 2 S Gardner / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 38.7866 / -94.9339 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed a short lived EF-1 tornado developed due to a strong embedded circulation along a line of thunderstorms that moved northeast across Johnson County Kansas. The tornado began and ended on the south side of Gardner, KS around 10:20 PM CDT. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters and Johnson County KS Emergency Management for assisting with this survey. .Gardner Kansas Wind Damage... Rating: TSTM/Wind Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.14 miles Path Width /maximum/: N/A Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:21 PM CDT Start Location: 1 S Gardner / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.7903 / -94.9274 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:26 PM CDT End Location: 2 E Gardner / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 38.8104 / -94.8974 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed a path of sporadic straight line wind damage within the larger line of storms that moved through Gardner, KS into Olathe, KS. Damage was consistent with that of straight line winds, with damage oriented in a north and northeasterly direction, parallel with the path. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters and Johnson County KS Emergency Management for assisting with this survey. .Leavenworth County KS... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 90 mph Path Length /statute/: 1.58 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:26 PM CDT Start Location: 2 NW De Soto / Leavenworth County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.9981 / -94.9935 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:28 PM CDT End Location: 3 ENE Linwood / Leavenworth County / KS End Lat/Lon: 39.021 / -94.9925 Survey Summary: Damage survey confirmed a brief Tornado developed within an embedded circulation within the line of thunderstorms lifting north across southern Leavenworth County Sunday night, May 19th, 2024. The tornado impacted rural areas, with damage to trees and no damage to structures. Thank you to Leavenworth County Emergency Management for assistance with this survey. .Northwestern Johnson County KS... 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. 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. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters and Johnson County KS Emergency Management for assisting with this survey. .Olathe and Overland Park Kansas Wind Damage... Rating: TSTM/Wind Estimated Peak Wind: 70 mph Path Length /statute/: 3.58 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:33 PM CDT Start Location: 3 ENE Olathe / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.9009 / -94.7565 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:37 PM CDT End Location: 1 SE Lenexa / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 38.9388 / -94.7117 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed a path of sporadic straight line wind damage within the larger line of storms that moved through Shawnee, KS. Damage was consistent with that of straight line winds, with damage oriented in a north and northeasterly direction, parallel with the path. The damage began in northern Olathe and continued northeast across Johnson County Community College, ending southeast of Oak Park Mall. Damage was primarily to trees. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters for assisting with this survey. .Shawnee Kansas Wind Damage... Rating: TSTM/Wind Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mph Path Length /statute/: 5.59 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:34 PM CDT Start Location: 3 SSE Shawnee / Johnson County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.9705 / -94.8024 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:42 PM CDT End Location: 2 W Merriam / Johnson County / KS End Lat/Lon: 39.0254 / -94.7284 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed a path of sporadic straight line wind damage within the larger line of storms that move through Shawnee, KS. Damage was consistent with that of straight line winds, with damage oriented in a north and northeasterly direction parallel with the path. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters and Johnson County KS Emergency Management for assisting with this survey. .Prairie Village - Mission Hills Kansas... 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. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters for assisting with this survey. .Parkville Missouri Wind Damage... Rating: TSTM/Wind Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.51 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:49 PM CDT Start Location: 1 NNW Parkville / Platte County / MO Start Lat/Lon: 39.2082 / -94.6884 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:53 PM CDT End Location: 1 NW Platte Woods / Platte County / MO End Lat/Lon: 39.2388 / -94.6633 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed a sporadic path of straight line wind damage within the larger line of storms that move through Parkville, MO and Platte County. Damage was consistent with that of straight line winds, with damage oriented in a north and northeasterly direction parallel with the path. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters for assisting with this survey. .Gladstone Missouri Wind Damage... Rating: TSTM/Wind Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 4.33 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 05/19/2024 Start Time: 10:52 PM CDT Start Location: 1 SE Northmoor / Clay County / MO Start Lat/Lon: 39.17 / -94.5711 End Date: 05/19/2024 End Time: 10:58 PM CDT End Location: 2 NE Gladstone / Clay County / MO End Lat/Lon: 39.2251 / -94.5341 Survey Summary: NWS Damage Survey confirmed sporadic path of straight line wind damage within the larger line of storms that move through Gladstone, MO and Clay County. Damage was consistent with that of straight line winds, with damage oriented in a north and northeasterly direction parallel with the path. Thank you to NWS Central Region Headquarters for assisting with this survey. && 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. $$ Kurtz/Kreller/Pittman/Allen/Sipprell/Foltz/Noonan