Kansas, 2000

Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 25, 2000

April 25, 2000 · NWS TOP · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Nemaha

When
April 25, 1:22 PM CST
Where
Nemaha County, Seneca
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
15 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.833, -96.067

A cold air funnel touched down in an open field near Seneca.

Hail, Douglas

When
April 25, 2:20 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, Lawrence
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.967, -95.233

Hail, Douglas

When
April 25, 2:22 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, Lawrence
Measured
1.5 in hail
Property damage
$7,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
38.967, -95.233

Large hail did about 7 thousand dollars damage to plants at a Wal-Mart garden center in the south part of Lawrence.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5138070, 5138071, 5137474.