The National Weather Service has completed their damage surveys from this weekend's storms.

 

County coordinator Kris Marple says the Emergency Management team is working to track road, bridge, and structure damage.

 

Storms developed during the afternoon hours over the Flint Hills on Saturday, April 27th. As they progressed east, the storms started to produce tornadoes, two of which were rated an EF-2.

 

One of the EF-2 tornadoes formed southwest of Fredonia and ended just three miles west of the city limits. Damage was largely confined to trees and outbuildings but one home did sustain significant damage.

 

On the same storm track, an EF-0 tornado started two miles west of Fredonia and caused damage to some buildings at the fairgrounds.

 

County Commissioner Andrew Miller says this could have been much worse for the county.

 

Another EF-2 started four miles northeast of Coyville and ended four miles south-southwest of Yates Center. Most of the damage was to outbuildings and trees.

 

Finally, an EF-1 tornado started 5 miles east of Benedict with most of the damage to trees and outbuildings. In addition, a metal roof was damaged on a home and a horse trailer was knocked on its side.

 

Lead Photo: EF-2 damage near Fredonia, NWS

 

Photo: EF-0 Damage in Fredonia

 

 

Photo: EF-1 Damage east of Benedict