Tornadoes · United States · Missouri · 2026
EF0 tornado, Clay County, Missouri, April 23, 2026
This EF0 tornado ran 1.1 miles across Clay County on April 23, 2026, touching down at 9:11 PM CDT and reaching 100 yards wide. It killed nobody.
Preliminary. This is NWS EAX's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit as Kearney. The rating, the path and the casualties are the survey's and can change while it is revised. The Storm Prediction Center compiles the official record of 2026 from these surveys and publishes it in the spring of 2027; this page moves to that tornado's permanent address when it does.
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 mphthis tornado
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.
Unrated
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 survey
- Rating, as surveyed
- EF0, preliminary
- Date
- April 23, 2026
- Touchdown
- 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Lifted
- 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- On the ground
- 2 minutes
- Path length
- 1.1 miles (1.8 km)
- Path width
- 100 yards (91 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Clay County
- Touchdown point
- 39.355, -94.367
- Lift-off point
- 39.359, -94.347
- Highest wind the damage implies
- 85 mph
- Surveyed by
- NWS EAX
- The office's name for it
- Kearney
- Survey last edited
- April 24, 2026
- Record number
- None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.
What the survey found
Just after 9 PM CDT Thursday April 23, 2026, within a severe line of thunderstorms, an embedded circulation resulted in a brief EF 0 Tornado beginning on the south side of Kearney, MO just north of 19th street and Regency Dr. This tornado continued east-northeast across HWY 33 and resulted in EF 0 damage to trees and homes before ending near east 14th street and Stonecrest Dr. Thanks to Kearney Fire and Clay County Emergency Management for assisting with the survey.
Written by NWS EAX in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.
The damage survey
86 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS EAX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF0. The highest wind the damage implies is 85 mph.
- While trunk is snapped, noted rot calls into some question the peak winds.
- Shed thrown across the street from south southwest to north northeast.
- No other damage, hard to justify ef 1 with only tree damage
- Unfinished construction, wall fell
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
The warnings
15 minutes of warning. NWS EAX issued a tornado warning for this county at 01:56 UTC, 15 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 02:22 UTC.
The county was under a severe thunderstorm watch, issued at 22:56 UTC and running to 03:35 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22:56 UTC | 03:35 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | EAX |
| 01:36 UTC | 02:15 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX |
| 01:49 UTC | 02:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX |
| 01:56 UTC | 02:22 UTC | Tornado Warning | EAX |
| 02:09 UTC | 03:00 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX |
| 02:11 UTC | 02:18 UTC | Tornado Warning | EAX |
| 02:13 UTC | 02:24 UTC | Tornado Warning | EAX |
| 02:22 UTC | 03:00 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 00:59 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Apr 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- * Strong to severe thunderstorms will move into and across the area this evening into the early overnight.
- Initial storms to the west are expected to carry the strongest/greatest potential, with gradual weakening as they translate east into and across Missouri
- Any discrete (single) storms will carry an all hazards (hail, wind, tornado) risk.
- Storms expected to congeal into a line through the evening, and would transition primary hazards to damaging winds a few short lived tornadoes possible along the line * Active weather pattern looks to continue through the weekend and into Monday. This includes multiple chances for strong to severe storms.
- Saturday evening: mainly S and W of the KC Metro
- Sunday night/overnight: mainly S and W of line from Maryville to Jefferson city
- Monday: Over much of the area, especially east * Total rainfall accumulations from today through Monday could approach 3 to 4 inches across the region. This could yield some river and areal flooding concerns.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
649 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
* Strong to severe thunderstorms will move into and across the area
this evening into the early overnight.
- Initial storms to the west are expected to carry the
strongest/greatest potential, with gradual weakening as they
translate east into and across Missouri
- Any discrete (single) storms will carry an all hazards
(hail, wind, tornado) risk.
- Storms expected to congeal into a line through the evening,
and would transition primary hazards to damaging winds a few
short lived tornadoes possible along the line
* Active weather pattern looks to continue through the weekend and
into Monday. This includes multiple chances for strong to severe
storms.
- Saturday evening: mainly S and W of the KC Metro
- Sunday night/overnight: mainly S and W of line from Maryville
to Jefferson city
- Monday: Over much of the area, especially east
* Total rainfall accumulations from today through Monday could
approach 3 to 4 inches across the region. This could yield
some river and areal flooding concerns.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
A lot to unpack with this discussion.
Currently, storms are ongoing or continue to initiate over portions
of IA/NE/KS along an occluded (IA/NE) to dry line (KS/OK) boundary
extending southward out of a surface low in southern Manitoba. With
at least some sunshine along and ahead of this boundary and
concurrent with ongoing low level moisture advection, an unstable
and severe prone environment has prevailed. SPC Mesoanalysis points
to a corridor of MLCAPE >2500 J/kg concurrent with little to no cap,
>35-40 kts effective shear, steep mid-level lapse rates, and
increasing DCAPE values as you work southward from the KS/NE border.
All of this yields an unsurprisingly robust environment for at least
large hail and damaging winds. Modeled hi-res hodographs near the
boundary exhibit limited low level curvature, but forecasts suggests
some improvement as activity translates eastward. In the immediate
term, this suggests very large hail and damaging winds, with a
secondary tornadic threat. All good and well, but we are a few hours
out from activity for much of the forecast... which general
expectations are for more linear segments or clusters to form if not
full blown QLCS. Cloud cover over much of the area today has limited
the degree to which we have been able to destabilize, reflected in
the Mesoanalysis depicting showing ~1000-1500 J/kg MLCAPE values and
significant existing capping. So the show will be the linear
segments/QLCS when it arrives vs any notable open warm sector
potential. At that point, expectation remains for primary threat to
be for damaging straight line winds and the potential for some QLCS
tornadoes along segments that are able to best orient themselves
orthogonal to increasing magnitude 0-3km shear vectors. Given more
limited instability over the area, this keeps too the expectation
for greatest magnitude severe over western areas of the CWA and
gradual weakening as it moves eastward. WOFS runs and additional hi-
res guidance continue to regularly depict bowing convective
segments, which bolsters both the straight line wind and QLCS tor
thinking and all but eliminates near-severe to severe hail. SPC Day
1 updates, including introduction of 30 percent wind and additional
Sig 1 hatching generally in line with local thinking, albeit the Sig
1 tor may be a bit far eastward for our liking. That said, there is
always a butt/caveat... and here that is if there can be any
discrete or semi-discrete convection that is able to develop or
maintain into the evening and toward the metro, forecast low level
wind profiles/hodographs suggest an increased tornado threat. So,
keep an eye on storm mode. Linear/QLCS is primarily expected as
everything translates into the area, but a discrete/semi-discrete
storm will carry an elevated tornado threat. Overall, activity moves
out of the KC Metro area by around/after 10/11pm. By that time,
majority of the severe threat for damaging winds and QLCS tornadic
activity likely to be winding down as the general environment
becomes more prohibitive. General/non-severe thunder would continue
into the overnight and across the remainder of the area with true
cold front likely trailing behind by a couple/few hours.
Quiet day Friday, but the active weather pattern continues
into/through the weekend as the broader pattern continues to suggest
a messy Omega Block look setting up over the Northern CONUS into
Canada.
Saturday presents the next potential for storms, even severe, as a
shortwave traverses southern stream and surface low development over
Southern High Plains. Deterministic synoptic guidance broadly
depicts afternoon/evening development in the vicinity of a warm
frontal boundary laid up somewhere in Kansas. Currently S/SW
portions of the area (think KC area and S/SW) may be clipped by this
activity. General expectation would be for initial eastward
progressing then likely diving SE along the depicted CAPE gradients
into the evening. All hazards likely with initial convection, then
toward wind with likely MCS development given the wind and thermal
environments.
More substantial shortwave trough well depicted by synoptic
deterministic guidance moving through the southern stream, and will
provide yet another opportunity for strong/severe storms. A lot has
to transpire before we get to this point, but guidance has many
pieces in place for a potential higher end severe weather day. This
includes significant low level moisture return, potentially
significant MUCAPE depictions, pretty ideal jet placement, nicely
curved hodographs, etc as the shortwave trough and surface low
lift NE. For a few cycles, timing has been questionable, but a
recent slowing has pointed toward the warm sector remaining in
place over at least eastern Missouri into Monday afternoon. That
would allow much of the above to be in place. Any further
slowing and the entirety of Missouri could be of concern Monday
itself. But of note too, the unquestionable lift with this
system may allow for at least strong storms Sunday overnight
that could grow upscale in magnitude Monday morning/afternoon if
they are ongoing. Certainly a time period (Sunday overnight
through Monday) to watch closely as the forecast continues to
zero in on track and timing of this shortwave trough and
attendant surface low.
By Monday, should we realize multiple rounds of showers and storms,
we may be dealing with at least minor or nuisance water issues
within the area. Whether that be river flooding or localized
areal/flash flooding considering it is possible some areas see as
much as 4 inches through this time period.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 649 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
A line of thunderstorms will move in from the west/northwest,
impacting all four terminals by 01Z tonight, dropping VIS/CIGs to
MVFR thresholds. The main line of storms should clear all terminals
by 04Z with lingering rain continuing until 05/06Z. Have opted to
include a PROB30 for -TSRA for low-end potential behind the primary
line. Precipitation should end by 06Z with clouds clearing out by
12Z Friday.
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...None.
KS...None.
&&
DISCUSSION...Curtis
AVIATION...MackoHazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 5:07 AM CDT, 16 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0507 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-241007- Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS- Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler- Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton- Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton- Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis- Cooper-Bates-Henry- 0507 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .KEY MESSAGES... - Severe thunderstorms will be possible to likely late this afternoon into late evening as a cold front moves through the region from west to east. - Initial storms later this afternoon across far NW Missouri and NE and eastern KS may pose a threat for relatively discrete storms capable of all severe hazards. - Storms should congeal into a line of thunderstorm by later this evening, with damaging wind gusts becoming the primary hazard. However, cannot rule out a couple brief tornadoes. - Active weather pattern is likely to continue through the weekend and into Monday. Strong to severe storms will be possible on Sunday afternoon into late Sunday night and again on Monday. - Total rainfall accumulations from today through Monday could approach 3 to 4 inches across the region. This could yield some flooding concerns.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
751 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
KSZ103-240115-
Leavenworth KS-
751 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY
THROUGH 815 PM CDT...
At 751 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
McLouth, or 7 miles east of Oskaloosa, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Leavenworth, Lansing, Tonganoxie, Easton, Fairmount, Fort
Leavenworth, and Jarbalo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northeastern Kansas...and west central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3932 9518 3942 9496 3938 9493 3939 9490
3936 9490 3936 9491 3919 9490 3909 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 228DEG 40KT 3918 9519
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KrullLocal storm report, Apr 23, 8:27 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
827 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Stanberry 40.22N 94.54W
04/23/2026 Gentry MO Emergency Mngr
Multiple large limbs/trees down. Roof blown
off of house and reports of multiple
buildings down. Time estimated from radar.
&&
OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 8:28 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
828 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM Hail Stanberry 40.22N 94.54W
04/23/2026 E1.00 Inch Gentry MO Emergency Mngr
Time estimated from radar.
&&
OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 8:56 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
856 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 PM Hail 1 NNE Basehor 39.16N 94.93W
04/23/2026 E0.88 Inch Leavenworth KS Trained Spotter
Time estimated from radar.
&&
OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 9:05 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
905 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0859 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Kansas City Downtown 39.12N 94.59W
04/23/2026 M61 MPH Clay MO ASOS
Report from ASOS.
&&
OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 9:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
911 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 SSE Ferrelview 39.28N 94.65W
04/23/2026 E65 MPH Platte MO Public
Time estimated from radar.
&&
OMThe 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
2.2 hours before the tornado, 117 km from the path. April 24, 2026.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 1352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 6.3 K/km
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 02:11 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.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:52 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Weatherby Lake | Platte, MO | Downed tree limbs near Barry Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:54 UTC | TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nnw Lake Waukomis | Platte, MO | Report from personal weather station. |
| 01:56 UTC | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Sse Ferrelview | Platte, MO | Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Lake Waukomis | Platte, MO | mPING report of shingles blown off a house. Time confirmed from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Lake Waukomis | Platte, MO | Social media report of a downed tree at a residence near Highway 152 and Green Hills Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Downed trees and power lines near Cookingham and Oak Trafficway. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Platte Woods | Platte, MO | Downed wires near Crystal Pool Drive. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Platte Woods | Platte, MO | mPING report of uprooted trees. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:57 UTC | TORNADO | 4 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | ***EF 0 Tornado - 0 Injuries - 0 Fatalities*** This tornado began just east of U.S. Highway 169 in Nashua, producing sporadic tree damage near Main Street to Oak Trafficway. The tornado strengthened as it moved east to C |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near 17th Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near Baltimore Avenue. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Roof blown off a building. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Downed tree limbs near the I-435 and U.S. 169 interchange. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Ferrelview | Clay, MO | mPING report of tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Downed trees and a damaged fence at a residential property near Cookingham Drive. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:58 UTC | HAIL 0.7 | 3 Sse Ferrelview | Platte, MO | Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:59 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near Chestnut Avenue. Time confirmed from radar. |
| 01:59 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Tree limbs down. Report relayed via social media. |
| 01:59 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Several trees and power lines/poles down. Report relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| 01:59 UTC | TSTM WND GST 61 | Kansas City Downtown | Clay, MO | Report from ASOS. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Kansas City | Jackson, MO | mPING report of tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw North Kansas City | Clay, MO | Numerous trees blown down in the area, including Armour and Gentry, 14th and Swift, 13th and Howell, and on 19th Avenue. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near Flora Avenue. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | Social media report and photos of multiple trees and power lines down in the Nashua area. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Ferrelview | Clay, MO | mPING report of tree limbs down. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:00 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | North Kansas City | Clay, MO | Several downed trees and power lines reported in North Kansas City. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:02 UTC | HAIL 1 | 2 S Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| 02:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Randolph | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near Corporate Drive. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:06 UTC | TSTM WND GST 61 | Kansas City Downtown | Clay, MO | Report from ASOS. |
| 02:08 UTC | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 N Courtney | Jackson, MO | Report from personal weather station. |
| 02:11 UTC | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Kearney | Clay, MO | Just after 9 PM CDT Thursday April 23, 2026, within a severe line of thunderstorms, an embedded circulation resulted in a brief EF 0 Tornado beginning on the south side of Kearney, MO just north of 19th street and Regenc |
| 02:11 UTC | TORNADO | 4 Ese Trimble | Clinton, MO | ***EF 0 Tornado - 0 Injuries - 0 Fatalities*** This tornado developed near 200th Street on the Clay County side of the Clinton/Clay county border. It produced minor tree damage along 200th Street before moving northeast |
| 02:12 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Trimble | Clinton, MO | Downed trees and bent over power poles between Routes J and C near 204th Street. Multiple power outages in the area. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Courtney | Jackson, MO | Downed wires near Cherokee Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Independence | Jackson, MO | Downed wires reported in a couple locations in south Independence. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Holt | Clay, MO | Downed trees on Route C. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Trimble | Clinton, MO | Social media report of tree limbs down and metal debris strewn into trees west of Fightmaster Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Holt | Clinton, MO | Blown debris and pieces of metal across 204th Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Plattsburg | Clinton, MO | Downed tree and wires near 8th Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| 02:21 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Excelsior Estates | Clay, MO | Downed tree limbs and wires in Watkins Mill State Park. Time estimated from radar. |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.
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The other tornadoes of April 23, 2026
19 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 23 | 1:46 PM CDT | EF1 | Harrison, IA | 2.9 | 500 | |||
| April 23 | 4:52 PM CDT | Unrated | Audubon, IA | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| April 23 | 5:34 PM CDT | Unrated | Fremont, IA | 0.5 | 20 | |||
| April 23 | 5:34 PM CDT | EF0 | Fremont, IA | 1.8 | 80 | |||
| April 23 | 6:03 PM CDT | EF0 | Wabaunsee, KS | 3.3 | 30 | |||
| April 23 | 6:04 PM CDT | EF0 | Wabaunsee, KS | 0.5 | 0 | |||
| April 23 | 6:17 PM CDT | EF0 | Page, IA | 2.1 | 20 | |||
| April 23 | 6:26 PM CDT | EF1 | Morris, KS | 0.9 | 30 | |||
| April 23 | 7:00 PM CDT | EF2 | Kay, OK | 10.4 | 400 | |||
| April 23 | 7:07 PM CDT | EF0 | Kay, OK | 0.4 | 0 | |||
| April 23 | 7:08 PM CDT | EF0 | Lyon, KS | 1.0 | 50 | |||
| April 23 | 7:15 PM CDT | EF0 | Kay, OK | 2.9 | 50 | |||
| April 23 | 7:20 PM CDT | EF0 | Madison, IA | 1.4 | 20 | |||
| April 23 | 7:58 PM CDT | EF1 | Gentry, MO | 4.3 | 100 | |||
| April 23 | 8:11 PM CDT | EF4 | Garfield, OK | 9.5 | 600 | 1 | ||
| April 23 | 8:42 PM CDT | EF1 | Decatur, IA | 2.2 | 150 | |||
| April 23 | 8:57 PM CDT | EF0 | Clay, MO | 1.7 | 75 | |||
| April 23 | 9:11 PM CDT | EF0 | Clay, MO | 1.5 | 50 | |||
| April 23 | 12:14 AM CDT | EF1 | Jasper, MO | 1.0 | 200 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.
Sources
NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.