A very large gustnado struck southern Jefferson County, Kansas. This rare weather phenomenon impacted the County around 7:20pm on April 3rd, 2011. NOAA defines a gustnado as a small, whirlwind which forms as an eddy in thunderstorm outflows. They do not connect with any cloud-base rotation and are not tornadoes. Since their origin is associated with cumuliform clouds, gustnadoes will be classified as thunderstorm wind events.
Firefighters from Jefferson County Fire District # 3 initially spotted this weather event and responded to numerous emergency calls that were the result of this gustnado.
Initial damage estimates include 2 outbuildings, railroad crossing guards, multiple power poles and numerous reports of limbs down.
There were no injuries reported as a result of this event.
Scott Blair has a very nice write up on this event on his site.
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