An EF-2 tornado with 115 mph winds touched down near Buckner, weather service says
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What to know after Kansas City-area tornadoes
The small storms that swept through the metro area early Wednesday morning caused some damage and power outages. Get updates here and advice on what to do now.
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The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-2 tornado touched down in northeast Jackson County, near Buckner, Missouri, overnight.
The tornado traveled nine miles and grew to a maximum width of 200 yards. It produced winds up to 115 mph, according to the weather service.
This is the second tornado confirmed in the Kansas City metro overnight. Earlier on Wednesday, the NWS said that an EF-1 tornado hit Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri.
The tornado produced winds of 100 mph. It traveled 14 miles and grew to a maximum width of 125 yards, according to the weather service.
Meteorologist Julie Adolphson told The Star Wednesday morning that about five or six small tornadoes formed in the metro area as the storm’s line moved east, but that number is still being confirmed. The tornadoes were brief in nature and did not have a long track, she said.
The area hit hardest by the storm ran from 95th Street in Lenexa to Buckner.
As many as 66,000 people in the Kansas City metro area lost power overnight. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, about 16,000 people were still without power, according to the Evergy outage map.
This story was originally published June 8, 2022 at 4:58 PM.
