2011 Reading tornado

Just after dusk on Saturday, May 21, 2011, a powerful tornado struck the small city of Reading, Kansas, damaging or destroying tens to hundreds of homes, businesses and facilities. The tornado occurred during a multi-day tornado outbreak sequence across the central United States, from May 21–26, 2011, and a day before the killer EF5 tornado that caused devastating damage in Joplin, Missouri. This deadly EF3 tornado occurred as part of a small family of tornadoes and localized severe weather event, consisting of eight tornadoes across northeastern Kansas, particularly within Lyon and Osage Counties. Most of these tornadoes were weak and insignificant events, except for one EF1 tornado that struck Quenemo.