Severe Storms and Tornadoes - April 27th, 2014

Event Tornado Surveys

Baxter Springs Survey

A TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS ON APRIL 28 2014...
TO DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF A TORNADO THAT STUCK THE TOWN DURING THE EVENING OF APRIL 27.

AFTER PRODUCING DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF QUAPAW OKLAHOMA...THE TORNADO CROSSED THE STATE LINE INTO KANSAS AND MOVED INTO THE TOWN OF
BAXTER SPRINGS...PRODUCING A 150 YARD WIDE SWATH OF DAMAGE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN.

NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN BAXTER SPRINGS... AND 25 INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SEVERAL AREAS OF
EF2 DAMAGE WERE NOTED...WITH AREAS OF EF0 AND EF1 DAMAGE SURROUNDING THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE SWATH. WIND SPEEDS WERE
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 120 AND 130 MPH. THE TORNADO LIFTED NEAR THE SPRING RIVER...JUST NORTHEAST OF TOWN.

BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS TORNADO...
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.25 MILES IN PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
IN KANSAS INJURIES: 25 IN BAXTER SPRINGS
START DATE: 04/27/2014
START TIME: 5:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS
START LAT/LON: 37.0016/-94.7485
END DATE: 4/27/2014
END TIME: 5:42 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAXTER SPRINGS KANSAS
END_LAT/LON: 37.0519/-94.7164

BOURBON AND LINN COUNTY TORNADO

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    111-135 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  17.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             APR 27, 2014
START TIME:             540 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         6 MILES NORTH OF FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
START LAT/LON         37.93 / -94.71

END DATE:               APR 27, 2014
END TIME:               606 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           4 MILES EAST OF PLEASANTON, KANSAS
END LAT/LON:            38.16 / -94.65

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI CONDUCTED
A STORM SURVEY WHICH BEGAN IN BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 69 AND SOLDIER ROAD, NEAR HAMMOND
KANSAS, WHERE VIDEO SUGGESTED THE TORNADO ORIGINALLY TOUCHED DOWN.
MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR HAMMOND, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE CONSISTING OF TOPPLED OVER GRAIN BINS AND SEVERAL DERAILED
EMPTY TRAIN CARS. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE BOURBON COUNTY PATH
SEVERAL DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS WERE NOTED AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT
TREE DAMAGE.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AS THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED IN
LINN COUNTY KANSAS. IN RURAL LINN COUNTY, BETWEEN PLEASANTON AND
PRESCOTT, AN OUTDOOR GARAGE STORING HEAVY EQUIPMENT WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED AND NEARLY REMOVED FROM ITS FOUNDATION. AT THIS SAME
LOCATION AN EMPTY SEMI TRAILER WAS TOSSED OVER 200 YARDS INTO A
GROVE OF TREES AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER VEHICLES WERE TOSSED
ABOUT THE PROPERTY. NEAR PLEASANTON A CHURCH THAT WAS BUILT IN THE
1880`S WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ENDED JUST
EAST/SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANTON IN AN OPEN FIELD.

...EF-0 tornado confirmed in Douglas County...

* Date...April 27, 2014
* Begin Location...1/2 mile Southwest of Goodhope
* End Location...1/2 mile Northeast of Goodhope
* Estimated begin time...11:45 PM
* Estimated end time...11:50 PM
* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
* Estimated maximum wind speed...80 mph
* Estimated path width...100 yards
* Path length...1 mile
* Fatalities...0
* Injuries...0
* Begin Lat/Lon...36.91 N / 92.81 W
* End Lat/Lon...36.92 N / 92.80 W

* This preliminary information was determined by a National
  Weather Service Survey Team and is subject to change pending
  final review of the event and publication in National Weather
  Service Storm Data.

Additional information...

A NWS Storm Survey showed that a brief EF-0 tornado affected the
town of Goodhope. This tornado produced considerable tree damage
along a 1 mile path from just southwest of Goodhope the northeast
of Goodhope. Several outbuildings were also damaged. Winds were
estimated at 80 MPH.

...EF-0 tornado confirmed in Vernon County...

* Date...April 27, 2014
* Begin Location...4.6 miles West of Milo
* End Location...4.3 miles West of Mile
* Estimated begin time...6:15 PM
* Estimated end time...6:16 PM
* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0
* Estimated maximum wind speed...70
* Estimated path width...100 yards
* Path length...1/4 mile
* Fatalities...0
* Injuries...0
* Begin Lat/Lon...37.73024 N / -94.39951 W
* End Lat/Lon...37.73383 N / -94.39526 W

* This preliminary information was determined by a National
  Weather Service Survey Team and is subject to change pending
  final review of the event and publication in National Weather
  Service Storm Data.

Additional information...

Several reports from the public revealed a brief tornado touchdown
over rural and wooded land south of Nevada and west of Milo with
several trees and large branches blown down. One eye witness
captured the tornado on video and another witness captured a
detailed picture of the tornado on the ground. The land area where
trees were down was in an area that is remote and had no road
access. Time and location was estimated by witness and radar.

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