Tornadoes touched down Tuesday night in the Kansas counties of Johnson, Republic, Marshall and Miami
Tim Hrenchir
An early-morning tornado that touched down in Johnson County and traveled 14 miles eastbound, generally along W. 95th Street, was among five small twisters recorded Tuesday night in four counties in Kansas, the National Weather Service said.
No one was hurt or killed by any of the tornadoes, which the weather service said touched down in Johnson, Republic, Marshall and Miami counties.
The twisters came on a night when storms characterized by rain, hail and high winds moved southeast from south-central and southeast Nebraska into north-central, northeast and east-central Kansas.
Johnson County tornado
An eastbound EF-1 tornado touched down on the west side of Lenexa in Johnson County and stayed on the ground for 14 miles between 1:10 and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, then rose back into the sky in Jackson County, Mo., the weather service office based in Kansas City, Mo., and Pleasant Hill, Mo., said in a graphic it posted on Twitter.
The twister damaged buildings and trees.
The weather service said it generally traveled east down W. 95th Street before dissipating near the northeast side of Kansas City, Mo.'s Grandview Triangle.
The tornado generated estimated peak winds of 90 mph and reached a maximum width of 75 yards, the weather service said.
Republic County tornado
An EF-1 tornado had previously touched down and damaged property late Tuesday in northeast Republic county in north-central Kansas, traveling 3.36 miles while staying on the ground from 10:15 to 10:25 p.m., according to a graphic posted on the website of the weather service's Topeka office.
The tornado generated estimated peak winds of 90 mph and reached a maximum width of 75 yards, that graphic said.
Marshall County tornado
An EF-1 tornado stayed on the ground for 2.8 miles late Tuesday in western Marshall County, damaging property, the weather service said in a separate graphic posted on its Topeka office's website.
That tornado touched down at 11:02 p.m. and rose back into the sky at 11:05 p.m. bringing estimated peak winds of 93 mph and reaching a maximum width of 75 yards, the graphic said.
Miami County tornadoes
Two EF-0 tornadoes touched down early Wednesday morning in Miami County in east-central Kansas, the weather service said.
One touched down at 1:21 a.m. and stayed on the ground for 14 minutes, traveling 9.8 miles while generating estimated peak wind speeds of 85 mph and reaching an estimated maximum width of 75 yards, the weather service said.
It said the other touched down at 1:24 a.m. and stayed on the ground for 13 minutes, traveling 9.5 miles while generating estimated peak wind speeds of 80 mph and reaching an estimated maximum width of 75 yards.
No tornadoes in Topeka area
No tornadoes touched down in the Topeka area, though it saw wind speeds recorded early Wednesday morning of 65 miles south/southeast of Silver Lake, 63 mph near Topeka Regional Airport and 53 mph three miles northwest of Tecumseh.
Hail that was 0.88 inch in diameter was recorded early Wednesday morning one mile west of McLouth in Jefferson County, the weather service said.
Tim Hrenchir can be reached at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.