Tornado Intelligence — Kansas, 2024
Kansas, United States • April 26 – May 7, 2024 • 8 events
Eight of the most fully-enriched Kansas tornado events of 2024 — five EF3s and three EF2s from the two big outbreaks on April 26–27 and May 6–7. Each event includes confirmed EF ratings, NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit points and paths, local storm reports, SPC reports, and NWS warning polygons.
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NDJSON
Authoritative — one hazard per line
Full-fidelity DisasterAWARE enhanced-hazard objects. Best for ingesting into DuckDB, Snowflake, Python, or Node pipelines.
CSV bundle (ZIP)
Flattened relational tables
Multiple CSVs joined on hazard_uuid, plus the README. Drop into ArcGIS, QGIS, Excel, or any BI tool.
Also available: README (schema and file descriptions)
Highlights
- ✓5 × EF3 + 3 × EF2 tornadoes
- ✓301 NWS DAT damage-survey points
- ✓60 DAT damage paths (WKT lines)
- ✓Local storm reports and SPC storm reports
- ✓48 NWS warning polygons (WKT)
CSV bundle contents
hazards.csv— one row per tornado with flattened assessmentdat_points.csv— NWS DAT damage-survey pointsdat_paths.csv— NWS DAT damage paths (WKT lines)local_storm_reports.csv— IEM local storm reportsspc_reports.csv— SPC storm reportswarnings.csv— NWS warning polygons (WKT)README.md— event table and file descriptions
- • The .ndjson file is the authoritative full-fidelity copy — one complete DisasterAWARE enhanced-hazard object per line.
- • The CSV bundle contains flattened relational views joined on hazard_uuid / uuid. Coordinates are WGS84 (EPSG:4326); geometry columns are WKT.
Events in this dataset
| Event | Start (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Tornado — Wichita, KS WFO Region | 2024-04-26 19:12 UTC |
| Tornado — Wichita, KS WFO Region | 2024-04-26 19:44 UTC |
| Tornado — Topeka, KS WFO Region | 2024-04-27 16:54 UTC |
| Tornado — Topeka, KS WFO Region | 2024-04-27 18:46 UTC |
| Tornado — Wichita, KS WFO Region | 2024-04-28 04:44 UTC |
| Tornado — Topeka, KS WFO Region | 2024-05-06 20:50 UTC |
| Tornado — Topeka, KS WFO Region | 2024-05-06 23:44 UTC |
| Tornado — Topeka, KS WFO Region | 2024-05-07 01:03 UTC |
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