May 1st & 2nd severe storms...

Overview

After a very slow start to severe weather season across the Plains, the weather finally started to get active for the start of May. Severe storms impacted central and eastern Kansas on both May 1st and 2nd. Most notable was a large tornado that started in extreme northern Saline county on May 1st and tracked across southern Ottawa county. This tornado was eventually rated an EF-3.

May 1st
May 2nd

May 2nd


Storm reports from May 1st 2018	Supercell thunderstorm over extreme northern Saline county that produced an EF-3 tornado after it crossed into Ottawa county.	Storm relative velocity image of the same supercell that eventually produced an EF-3 tornado	Tornado track

Amazing large tornado earlier near Culver, Kansas! #kswx #tornado @NWSWichita @ScottSKOMO pic.twitter.com/bJ6fBWv4Ku
— Benjamin Jurkovich (@BenjaminJurkovi) May 2, 2018

Funnel and hail larger than baseballs near Wilson. Time 7:10pm @JayPraterCBM @NWSWichita @KAKEnews @ForbesRicky @ReedTimmerAccu @WeatherNation #kswx pic.twitter.com/c0psypxcCx
— Cody Frye (@frenchfrye_95) May 2, 2018

RT @StormChaseTV: Tennis ball hail 7 west of Hoisington #KSwx @NWSDodgeCity @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/ZvpP9jnRp3 https://t.co/86J8kyCKbh pic.twitter.com/SCe2URlKKe
— ClimateChaos (@ClimateChaosBot) May 2, 2018

Screen grab from a video I took of a funnel in Ellsworth county just east of Wilson about 5 minutes ago. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/KIhnF8E0ic
— Raquel Marie Dean (@raquel_dean17) May 2, 2018

May 2nd

		LIVE: Storms approach Kansas Turnpike between Emporia and El Dorado https://t.co/7BsdZCKxfW — WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 2, 2018	Best picture I could get pic.twitter.com/Mx8Yb3bTqi — Austin Jones (@MoTorChaser) May 3, 2018
Storm report for May 2nd 2018	Brief tornado just north of Moundridge. Picture by Kyle Wirtel	Video showing approaching shelf cloud over northern Butler County and a brief tornado about 2 min into the video	Screen grab of the brief tornado north of Cassoday.

Shelf approaching Wichita, KS @NWSWichita #kswx #StormHour pic.twitter.com/N941EX5PZK — John McKinney (@jmckinneywx1) May 2, 2018	We’re out watching the storm roll in! pic.twitter.com/fd5gfOEtr1 — megan (@m3gn0g) May 2, 2018
Shelf cloud approaching Wichita	Shelf cloud approaching Wichita

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