Tornadoes · United States · Kansas · 2022

Unrated tornado, Glendale, Kansas, June 23, 2022

Name: Unrated tornado, Glendale, Kansas, June 23, 2022
Start: 2022-06-24T00:30:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-24T00:31:00.000Z
Location: Glendale, Kansas

This Unrated tornado ran 0.1 miles across Saline County on June 23, 2022, touching down at 7:30 PM CDT and reaching 50 yards wide. It killed nobody.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unratedthis tornado
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The record

Rating: Unrated
Date: June 23, 2022
Touchdown: 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Lifted: 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
On the ground: 1 minutes
Path length: 0.1 miles (0.2 km)
Path width: 50 yards (46 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
County: Saline County
Touchdown point: 38.870, -97.910
Lift-off point: 38.870, -97.908
Record number: 2206231830-01

What the Weather Service recorded

A cyclic supercell developed across central Kansas, during the evening of June 23rd, 2022. A total of 6 tornadoes touched down during the evening. There were winds that overturned a semitrailer and camper on Interstate 70. Additionally up to ping ping ball sized hail fell.

Brief touchdown in open country.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 23, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
629 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday night)
Issued at 251 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

Currently have a large area of upper high pressure centered over
TX with a compact upper trough approaching the Great Basin. In
addition, water vapor imagery continues to show a mid level
moisture plume, with tropical connection, extending across the
area. At the surface, high dewpoints continue to funnel into
central KS on southeast winds with a low level dry punch extending
from north of KGLD to near KHYS.

Storms are expected to develop later this afternoon over NW KS
and SW Nebraska there loose dryline intersects the better low
level moisture. This will likely be somewhere in the KHLC
vicinity. Any storms that develop will likely persist for several
hours aided by increasing low level jet and persistent 850-700mb
theta-e advection. Will be plenty of CAPE and enough deep layer
shear for severe storms with any of the activity that develops.
Will be a tornado threat generally north of I-70 where deep
southeast winds allow for better low level shear. So highest
storm chances tonight will remain for areas along and north of
I-70.

Main story for Fri will remain the brief return of extreme heat.
Many locations along and west of I-135 will reach or top 100 Fri
afternoon. The only good news is that dewpoints should mix-out in
these same locations which should keep the heat indices from
getting too extreme. Attention will then turn to a significant
cool down by the end of the weekend.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
Issued at 251 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

There remains good model agreement in a shortwave trough swinging
across the Northern Plains for Fri night through Sat. This will
allow a cold front to sink south across the Central and Southern
Plains. It is expected to move into our forecast area Sat morning,
moving through Wichita during the late afternoon. While we are not
looking for widespread storms along the front as it surges south,
can't rule out a few storms along it as cap starts to erode Sat
afternoon. May actually see an uptick in storm coverage Sat night
as a few upper impulses track over the Southern/Central Rockies
and out into KS.

The bigger story will finally be some cooler temps. We are still
looking for highs for both Sun and Mon in the upper 70s to around
80 degrees, which is around 10 degrees below normal. Will start to
see temps warm back closer to seasonal normals for Tue as the
surface high shifts east and we get back into some return flow, as
we get back to above normal temps by the end of the work week.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 626 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

Scattered storms will affect parts of central Kansas into the late
evening hours. Meanwhile VFR conditions will prevail across
southern/southeast Kansas for the next 24hrs. Winds will remain
out of the southeast and increase during the day on Friday.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Wichita-KICT    76 100  78  98 /  10   0  10  20
Hutchinson      75 100  77  95 /  20   0  10  20
Newton          75  99  77  96 /  20   0  10  20
ElDorado        75  96  77  96 /  10   0  10  20
Winfield-KWLD   75  98  78 100 /  10   0   0  10
Russell         73 103  71  92 /  40   0  10  20
Great Bend      74 102  73  92 /  20   0  10  20
Salina          73  99  78  94 /  40   0  10  20
McPherson       75  98  78  95 /  20   0  10  20
Coffeyville     73  96  77  97 /  20   0   0  10
Chanute         72  95  77  97 /  10   0  10  10
Iola            72  95  77  96 /  10  10  10  20
Parsons-KPPF    73  95  77  97 /  20   0   0  10

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

SHORT TERM...RBL
LONG TERM...RBL
AVIATION...CDJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
400 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241100-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
400 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Late this afternoon through Tonight

The highest severe storm threat will be for areas generally along
and north of Highway 56. Hail up to half dollar size and downburst
winds to 65 mph will be the main threats. In addition, a tornado or
two cannot be ruled out generally north of Highway 70 early this
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

On Friday, afternoon heat indices will climb to 102 to 105 area
wide. Heat indices on Saturday afternoon are anticipated to be in
the 100 to 105 degree range in portions of south central and
southeast Kansas.

There are additional chances for storms Saturday through Sunday as a
cold front makes its way across the area. A few strong storms will be
possible with this activity along with heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight but we would
appreciate any reports of severe weather or flooding.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

Ketcham

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:35 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
635 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0632 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NE RUSSELL AIRPORT    38.89N 98.78W
06/23/2022                   RUSSELL            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED 189TH ROAD WAS UNDERWATER BETWEEN
            RUSSELL AND BUNKER HILL.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:41 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
641 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     TORNADO          10 N ELLSWORTH          38.88N 98.23W
06/23/2022                   LINCOLN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN AROUND 10 MILES
            NORTH OF ELLSWORTH. TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 1
            MINUTE.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
642 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     HAIL             LURAY                   39.11N 98.69W
06/23/2022  E1.50 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50
            IN.).

&&

Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:46 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
646 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 PM     HAIL             LURAY                   39.11N 98.69W
06/23/2022  E1.50 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDOWS BROKEN OUT AT BANK FROM HAIL.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
649 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0529 PM     HAIL             6 N BUNKER HILL         38.96N 98.68W
06/23/2022  E1.25 INCH       RUSSELL            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DELAYED HAIL REPORT WEST OF WILSON LAKE.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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The air that afternoon

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

Topeka, KS (KTOP), 00:00Z

0.5 hours before the tornado, 197 km from the path. June 24, 2022.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -254 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 2005 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1
0-3 km lapse rate: 5.7 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Salina (SLN), 24 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 00:32 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

This ground now

The live radar over the track Every 2022 tornado in Kansas Every tornado in Kansas since 1950 Warnings in force in Kansas now The forecast where you are

The other tornadoes of June 23, 2022

7 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 23	2:00 PM MST	EF0	Coconino, AZ	0.1	10
June 23	2:03 PM MST	Unrated	Pinal, AZ	0.6	15
June 23	5:25 PM CDT	Unrated	Russell, KS	0.1	50
June 23	5:54 PM CDT	Unrated	Russell, KS	0.1	50
June 23	6:20 PM CDT	Unrated	Lincoln, KS	0.1	50
June 23	6:39 PM CDT	Unrated	Lincoln, KS	0.1	50
June 23	7:26 PM CDT	Unrated	Saline, KS	0.1	50

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.