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19:12Z EFU KFTG CO Washington Lindon Beginning time estimated. Path/location also estimated on radar, no damage reported as the tornado occurred over an open field. Several images from the public were displayed on social media.
20:32Z EF1 KUEX KS Russell Russell The majority of the damage was to numerous power poles that were either broken or bent. Some stacked old power poles were tossed in various directions.
20:45Z EF2 KCYS CO Logan Powell Tornado touched down just west of CR 59, along CR 56, moving towards the east-southeast. The tornado impacted one residence after initial touchdown uprooting and snapping several trees on the west side of the property. A few pieces of hard blue plastic window well covering was found embedded into the west facing stucco-ed wall of the home. The tornado then proceeded to impact another residence about one-quarter mile east-southeast where it removed the west facing awning, anchored to the primary houses' roof structure, the northwest facing cement board house siding, and approximately one square of asphalt roofing shingles. The most significant impact was to three telephone poles on CR 59, about one-tenth of a mile south of the CR 56, that were snapped at their bases, resulting in EF-2 damage. The tornado remained on the ground for a few more minutes moving primarily towards the east where it overturned a few center pivot and damaging a working farm's outbuilding. The tornado then lifted over open fields. It was reported, by a trained spotter, that the tornado briefly touched down once more just east of the Caliche School before dissipating. No additional damage was reported.
20:56Z EFU KCYS CO Logan Powell Spotter reported another brief touchdown east of Caliche School.
21:20Z EF0 KUEX KS Ellsworth Wilson A pivot system was flipped to the north on the south side of I-70 and to the south on the north side of I-70. A KDOT sign was also twisted.
21:28Z EFU KGLD CO Logan Fleming Location, track, and width estimated.
23:19Z EF0 KFDR OK Roger Mills Roll Two storm chasers on different sides of the thunderstorm observed a brief tornado to the east-southeast of Roll. Roger Mills County Emergency Management reported a barn damaged near County Road N1890 to the south of State Highway 47.
23:27Z EF0 KFDR OK Roger Mills Strong City Roger Mills County Emergency Management reported a compressor shed was damaged near the intersection of County Roads N1940 and E0870.
23:35Z EFU KDVN IL Mcdonough Adair Pictures and video from social media indicated a brief landspout tornado in open fields. No damage has been reported. Times and location estimated.
23:43Z EF0 KFDR OK Roger Mills Strong City Multiple storm chasers reported observing a tornado northwest of Hammon. An mPing report was received of damage along County Road N1970, and Roger Mills County Emergency Management reported damage to a barn and trees near the intersection of E0920 and N1982 Roads.
23:47Z EFU KICT KS Barton Ellinwood Tornado is documented from a video on social media. Location and time are estimated via radar.��No tornadic damage was found in the area. Nearby damage to a farmstead indicated straight line wind damage.
23:58Z EFU KFDR OK Custer Moorewood A storm chaser observed this partially rain-wrapped tornado about 4 miles northeast of Hammon. No damage was reported and the tornado path was estimated.
00:28Z EF2 KFDR OK Custer Butler A television storm chaser observed this tornado develop northwest of E0930 Road and N2205 Road moving southeast crossing E0930 Road. Initially the tornado was a narrow tornado, then as it turned east-northeast quickly become a large multiple-vortex tornado as observed visually and in the damage pattern. The total damage width was about 2.7 miles along N2240 Road, including both damaging inflow winds north of the tornado and very strong damaging Rear Flank Downdraft (RFD) winds south of the tornado, but the tornado width itself was about one mile wide based on the damage survey and preliminary mobile radar data from Texas Tech University. The tornado narrowed as it approached US-183 near E0920 Road and dissipated soon afterwards.||Although tree and power pole damage was observed along the entire path, the most significant structure damage occurred along E020 Road from near N2240 Road to just east of US-183. At least two outbuildings were destroyed and two others damaged and one home had roof damage. As the tornado approached N2260 Road, a trailer and a rail car used for storage were blown a significant distance to the west, despite being on the southern periphery of the damage area, giving further evidence of the multiple-vortex tornado.||Preliminary data from a Ka-band mobile research radar from Texas Tech University showed a peak instantaneous velocity of 87.9 m/s (197 mph) at about 30 meters AGL when the tornado was approximately 6 miles west-northwest of Custer City. This was an instantaneous velocity measurement which is not directly compatible with the 3-second average wind velocity used by the EF-scale to determine intensity, but does provide indirect evidence that the tornado was likely stronger locally than the EF2 rating based on the damage survey.
00:39Z EF1 KFDR OK Custer Custer City While the large multiple-vortex tornado was approaching US-183 to the south, another tornado developed to the north along E0900 Road. It moved east along E0900 Road and then turned east-northeast after crossing US-183. The tornado was observed to dissipate north of Custer City by a meteorologist in the field. At least a half dozen outbuildings were significantly damaged and at least two of these were destroyed. In addition, tree and power pole damage was observed along the path.
01:05Z EF1 KFDR OK Custer Custer City This tornado developed near County Road N2370 north of County Road E0960. It moved southeast and then east crossing State Highway 54 about 6 miles north of Weatherford. One home east of SH-54 suffered significant roof damage and at least two others had some damage to shingles. One mobile home had roof and siding damage, a few outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, and numerous trees and power poles were damaged.
01:13Z EF1 KFDR OK Custer Weatherford Satellite imagery indicated a narrow damage path in a farm field north of Weatherford. A storm chaser observed this tornado northeast of Weatherford doing damage along E 1000 Road where tree and power pole damage was observed.
01:16Z EF1 KICT KS Marion Burns Damage occurred to a few farm outbuildings along with trees. During the survey, swirls were observed in the brome and tree damage. There was debris collected in the trees too.
01:24Z EF0 KFDR OK Caddo Hydro Numerous people observed a tornado develop at Hydro and move south-southeast crossing Interstate 40 near the State Highway 58 interchange. One semi on the interstate was blown over and an Oklahoma Department of Transportation facility was damaged. This tornado developed on the southern fringe of the storm well south of the primary updraft, and was likely an anticyclonic tornado.
01:37Z EF0 KTLX OK Blaine Geary Numerous spotters and chasers observed an anticyclonic tornado develop west of Bridgeport. Drone imagery of damage by the ranch owner shows the tornado developed in Blaine County less than one hundred yards north of the Caddo County line and moved southeast quickly crossing into Caddo County. Some light tree damage was observed in Blaine County.
01:37Z EF1 KVNX OK Blaine Geary Trees were damaged near N2540 Road to the southeast of American Horse Lake.
01:37Z EF1 KTLX OK Caddo Bridgeport Numerous spotters and chasers observed this anticyclonic tornado that formed on the south periphery of the primary storm. It initially developed in far southern Blaine County less than one hundred yards north of the Caddo County line, then moved southeast into Caddo County. Once in Caddo County, it meandered southeast and east for another one-half mile. Drone imagery of the damage by the ranch owner showed occasional tree damage along the path.
02:32Z EF2 KTLX OK Canadian Union City Numerous chasers and spotters observed a tornado that touched down just southwest of SW 15th Street and Banner Road and moved northeast dissipating in far western Oklahoma City just southeast of Page Airport, or just northeast of Northwest 10th and Cimarron Road. A few houses suffered significant roof damage or had windows blown in, and a few outbuildings were damaged, but the damage was primarily to trees and power poles along the path.||For a while, this was the easternmost of three simultaneous tornadoes occurring in Canadian County.
02:41Z EF0 KTLX OK Canadian Union City An off-duty Storm Prediction Center meteorologist observed this tornado as one of three simultaneous tornadoes observed in Canadian County. This tornado is estimated to have touched down northwest of Southwest 15th Street and Manning Street and moved northeast. One home received some shingle damage along Reno Avenue between Manning Street and Banner Road.
02:41Z EF0 KTLX OK Canadian Union City This was the westernmost of what for a few minutes were three simultaneous tornadoes in Canadian County and was observed by a number of storm chasers and spotters. The tornado developed southeast of Southwest 15th Street and Alfadale Street, and it damaged a barn and blew a hay bale south-southeast along Southwest 15th Street. The tornado initially moved north or north-northeast before turning northwest and crossing US Highway 81 about a half mile north of Reno Avenue. Street signs were blown over along US-81 before the tornado dissipated west of the highway.
02:44Z EF0 KTWX KS Osage Burlingame Survey revealed tree and tree limb damage in a field. The tornado may have developed just northwest of a structure where some wind damage was noted however this location appeared to have been east of the actual circulation so it may have been enhanced downdraft winds on the east flank of the tornado that did that minor damage. Radar also showed a CC minimum or a debris signature with this circulation.
03:08Z EF0 KTWX KS Shawnee Dover Survey revealed a small brief tornado in this location. Tree limb damage was noted to live oaks and white pines. Radar data did also show a small debris signature (CC minimum) in this location with the velocity rotation signature. There was no access to the east.
03:10Z EF0 KTLX OK Oklahoma (okc)will Rogers Apt A chaser from an Oklahoma City television station observed a brief tornado just east of Interstate 44 in southwest Oklahoma City. No damage was reported or could be found by storm survey teams. The tornado was estimated to be near or just northeast of Interstate 44 and SW 59th Street. Although damage was not found, the rotation was visually observed to be weak, therefore an EF0 rating was assigned.
03:19Z EF1 KEAX KS Johnson Gardner Arpt NWS Damage Survey confirmed a short lived EF-1 tornado developed due to a strong embedded circulation along a line of thunderstorms that moved northeast across Johnson County Kansas. The tornado began and ended on the south side of Gardner, KS around 10:20 PM CDT Sunday night, May 19th, 2024.
03:26Z EF1 KEAX KS Leavenworth Linwood Damage survey confirmed a brief Tornado developed within an embedded circulation within the line of thunderstorms lifting north across southern Leavenworth County Sunday night, May 19th, 2024. The tornado impacted rural areas, with damage to trees and no damage to structures.
03:31Z EF1 KEAX KS Johnson Zarah Survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado in NW Johnson County KS. Most notable damage was to school concession stand and administrative building near the track and football field. Debris from this area was carried a few neighborhoods away. In one of the neighborhoods, there was roof damage to two homes with loss of roof decking on the corner of one home. Most of the damage was to trees with large trunks snapped higher up in the tree, some trees were uprooted though they were evergreens with shallow root systems or the tree was beginning to rot at the base. Debris was in an overall convergent pattern.
03:39Z EF1 KEAX KS Johnson Overland Park Preliminary results of a NWS Damage Survey have confirmed an EF-1 Tornado occurred Sunday Night, May 19th, 2024 in northeastern Johnson County Kansas. Much of the path was EF-0 Damage, with a pocket of EF-1 Damage with max winds around 95 MPH. The tornado began near the western edge of Prairie Village Kansas, near 79th and Lamar Ave around 10:39 PM CDT. It continued northeast through Prairie Village toward Fairway KS and ending around 10:45 PM CDT on the western edge of Mission Hills.
03:53Z EF1 KVNX OK Woods Waynoka This was the first of two tornadoes that developed in western Woods County to the northwest of Waynoka. A number of trees were snapped along the path and damage to at least two oil field sites.
04:01Z EF1 KVNX OK Woods Waynoka A second tornado developed in western Woods County to the northwest of Waynoka. A number of trees were snapped or uprooted, a oil tank was blown or rolled about 300 yards and a barn was damaged.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).