616 NOUS43 KEAX 142212 PNSEAX KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-150845- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 338 PM CDT Tue Apr 14 2026 ...NWS Damage Survey for 4/13/2026 Tornadoes... .Hillsdale KS Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 115 mph Path Length /statute/: 3.04 miles Path Width /maximum/: 250 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 1 Start Date: 04/13/2026 Start Time: 08:18 PM CDT Start Location: 2 W Hillsdale / Miami County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.6651 / -94.8929 End Date: 04/13/2026 End Time: 08:23 PM CDT End Location: 1 ENE Hillsdale / Miami County / KS End Lat/Lon: 38.6678 / -94.8369 Survey Summary: Shortly before 820 PM CDT on Monday April 13th, 2026, a supercell thunderstorm, that had previously resulted in an EF- 2 tornado in Ottawa, KS, strengthened and developed a second tornado just east of Hillsdale Lake in northern Miami County, Kansas. Initial damage was confined to the campground and park headquarters. The tornado strengthened to an EF-1 as it followed W 255th St and crossed Harmony Rd. The Tornado continued east toward the town of Hillsdale, KS. After crossing Hospital Rd, the tornado strengthened to EF-2 with a peak wind estimated to be 115 mph as it impacted a single family home, before doing significant damage to several storage facilities just west of Old KC Rd. The tornado began to weaken as it crossed rural areas, before ending just short of US Hwy 169 north of 255th St. ...Long Track Linn County KS (Blue Mound) to Bates County MO (Worland) Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph Path Length /statute/: 23.76 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 2 Start Date: 04/13/2026 Start Time: 8:00 PM CDT Start Location: 2 SE Blue Mound / Linn County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.0651 / -94.9683 End Date: 04/13/2026 End Time: 8:43 PM CDT End Location: 1 E Worland / Bates County / MO End Lat/Lon: 38.1927 / -94.5724 Survey Summary: Around 8 PM on 13 April 2026, an EF-1 tornado associated with a supercell developed in far southwest Linn County, KS, around 2 miles southeast of the town of Blue Mound near the intersection of 300th Road and Farris Rd. The tornado tracked to the east northeast, causing significant tree damage to a home off Ingrahm Road. From there, the tornado crossed Kansas Highway 31/52 and caused significant damage to trees at Curry Cemetery and then caused damage to trees and outbuildings along 600th Road. The tornado continued into the Sugar Valley and Hidden Valley Lakes community, flipping over campers, damaging trees and docks, and throwing a manufactured home off its cinder block supports, completely destroying it, near Park Lane and Paine Road, where 2 people sustained injuries. Continuing further to the east northeast, the tornado caused significant tree and outbuilding damage to a residence along Scott Road north of 750th Road, and then crossed US Highway 69 about 2 miles south of Pleasanton and continued all the way to the Missouri State Line just north of 1100th Road, primarily damaging trees. The tornado continued into Bates County, Missouri, damaging trees in the community of Worland, ending shortly east northeast of Worland around 8:46 PM CDT. In total, the tornado traveled around 24 miles over the course of 43 minutes, with a peak wind of 105 mph. ...Brief Linn County Tornado... Rating: EF Unknown Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 0.61 miles Path Width /maximum/: Unknown Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/13/2026 Start Time: 8:07 PM CDT Start Location: 7 ENE Blue Mound / Linn County / KS Start Lat/Lon: 38.11 / -94.90 End Date: 04/13/2026 End Time: 8:10 PM CDT End Location: 5 WSW Mound City / Linn County / KS End Lat/Lon: 38.11 / -94.89 Summary: A brief tornado was observed via videos taken by a drone and storm spotters north of the much longer track tornado. Location was estimated via video evidence and radar imagery. No damage has been observed, so for now will be labeled as an EF Unknown, but this is subject to change if damage is found. && 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 event and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ Kurtz/Pittman/Williams/Macko