PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...
OTTAWA COUNTY...
THE NWS SURVEYED LOCATIONS IN EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY
WHERE SOME DAMAGE HAD BEEN REPORTED. AT 260TH AND MULBERRY ROADS,
THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE AT A RESIDENCE. A GRAIN BIN HAD BEEN
KNOCKED OVER, A LIGHTED POLE IN THE YARD WAS KNOCKED DOWN. AT
270TH AND OXBOX ROADS, THERE WAS ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO OUTBUILDINGS,
THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO A METAL OUTBUILDING. THE DAMAGE AT THESE
TWO LOCATIONS APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONSISTENT
WITH THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
CLAY COUNTY...
EF-0 DAMAGE LOCATIONS...THE FIRST LOCATION WHERE TORNADO DAMAGE
WAS NOTED WAS INSIDE THE CLAY COUNTY LINE APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF
MILE NORTHWEST OF OAK HILL. A HOME HAD SEVERAL WINDOWS BROKEN OUT,
DAMAGE TO A BACK PORCH AND ROOF. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SEVERAL
TREES HEAVILY DAMAGED AND TWO OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AT THIS LOCATION AND THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT
WITH EF-0 WIND SPEEDS.
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT A FARM APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE
NORTHEAST OF IDANA. THE CATTLE FARM SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO A BARN,
FARM EQUIPMENT, AND A HEDGEROW OF TREES. TWO CAMPING TRAILERS WERE
DESTROYED. A NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST ALSO OBSERVED THE TORNADO. THE
TORNADO WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AND THE DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION WOULD
BE CONSISTENT WITH EF-0 WIND SPEEDS.
EF-1 DAMAGE LOCATIONS...A WELL BUILT BRICK SINGLE STORY RESIDENCE
APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES WEST OF CLAY CENTER ON HIGHWAY 24
SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, WINDOWS, TREES AND 3 OUTBUILDINGS
THAT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE RESIDENTS AT THIS LOCATION
TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TORNADO AS IT APPROACHED THEIR HOME. THE
TIME STAMP ON THE PHOTO WAS 4:32 PM. THE TORNADO AT THIS LOCATION
WAS 100 YARDS WIDE AND DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 WIND SPEEDS.
ADDITIONAL TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NORTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER
AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAY
CENTER. THIS RESIDENCE HAD 4 OUTBUILDINGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED
AND THE HOME LOST ROOF MATERIAL, A CONCRETE BLOCK GARAGE, AND AN
ATTACHED PORCH. MOST OF THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT OF THE HOME
AND A LARGE PIECE OF WOOD WAS EMBEDDED IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
HOME. THE TORNADO AT THIS LOCATION WAS 150 YARDS WIDE AND DAMAGE
WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 WIND SPEEDS.
A RESIDENCE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF CLAY CENTER SUSTAINED
DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, WINDOWS, AND TREES. A METAL CARPORT AND
OUTBUILDING WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO. THE TORNADO AT THIS
LOCATION WAS 50 YARDS WIDE AND DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1
WIND SPEEDS.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE LOCATIONS...A METAL OUTBUILDING WAS
DESTROYED AND TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT A RESIDENCE NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 14TH AND ELK ROADS OR ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IDANA. TWO OUTBUILDINGS THAT WERE WOOD FRAME AND TIN SHEETING WERE
DESTROYED AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
16TH AND HACKBERRY ROADS, OR ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDANA.
POWER LINES WERE ALSO DOWN NEAR THIS HOME AND ALONG HACKBERRY RD.
IN THIS AREA. THE DAMAGE AT THESE LOCATIONS WERE LIKELY DUE TO
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM
THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO.
MARSHALL AND BROWN COUNTIES...
DAMAGE SURVEYS HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO COME...
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED IN NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY
AND INFORMATION WILL BE SURVEYED BY CLAY COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. NONE OF THE DAMAGE OBSERVED WAS GREATER THAN EF-1.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF MINOR DAMAGE NEAR OKETO IN NORTH CENTRAL
MARSHALL COUNTY AND BETWEEN MORRILL AND RESERVE IN NORTH CENTRAL
BROWN COUNTY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WEAK TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS.
DAMAGE SURVEYS AT THESE LOCATIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
COMPLETED...BUT INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AS SOON AS THESE
SITES ARE SURVEYED BY THE NWS OR MARSHALL AND BROWN COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS...THE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED TO
THE PUBLIC.
METEOROLOGICAL NOTE...
THE EXACT NUMBER OF TORNADOES AND THEIR PATHS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
DETERMINED. ON RADAR SEVERAL POTENTIAL TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS WERE
OBSERVED ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORM...OCCULUDING...AND THEN REDEVELOPING TO THE EAST. ONCE
ALL DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE COMPLETED AND RADAR DATA CAN BE COMPARED TO
DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS...THE NUMBER OF TORNADOES AND THEIR PATH
LENGTHS WILL BE DETERMINED. THE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MARSHALL AND BROWN COUNTY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATED EF-1
OR EF-0 DUE TO PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF MINOR DAMAGE.