Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF3 tornado, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, April 30, 2024
RatingEF3
Deaths1
Injuries4
Length2.24 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.39, -96.44) to the end point (39.40, -96.40), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 30, 2024, 3:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Pottawatomie County
- Near the path
- Westmoreland (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 2.24 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 30, 2024
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Kansas | 3.19 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 2.53 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Kansas | 2.15 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Iowa | 2.95 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 6.4 mi | 1,200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 2.15 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.07 mi | 15 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EFU | Kansas | 0.01 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EFU | Kansas | 0.25 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EFU | Kansas | 0.01 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EFU | Kansas | 0.11 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | EFU | Oklahoma | 2.4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.