Tuesday's Missed Tornado Warning in Kansas
Greenwood County tornado damage, KWCH TV News It is not known which tornado produced this damage. We often discuss tornadoes that were improperly warned by the National Weather Service (NWS). We had a completely unwarned tornado in the Kansas Flint Hills region Tuesday morning but I don't fault the NWS for not anticipating it. They found the tornado path's (tornado #2, yellow path) when looking for a tornado that occurred earlier that morning in Greenwood County. The tornado in question was an EF-2, which is rated "strong" intensity. As to why I don't fault the NWS, let's take a look at the radar data. The tornado touched down at 7:34am. The radar image immediately below was one minute before the start of the tornado and there is nothing remotely tornadic in the immediate area (circle). The tornado has been on the ground for one minute at this point. Still, nothing. There is weak rotation to the SSW of the location but nothing that would say, "torn