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1991 Andover tornado outbreak. From April 26 to 27, 1991, multiple supercells across Oklahoma and Kansas led to a regional tornado outbreak. Forced by a potent trough and focused along a dryline, these distinct thunderstorms moved northeast through a moist and highly unstable environment. A total of 55 tornadoes were confirmed, many of which ...
1991 Andover tornado outbreak – Mobile Doppler weather radar used by storm chasers indicated wind speeds in the range of the F5 threshold, with winds up to 268 mph (431 km/h). Pavement and ground scouring occurred, and a large oil rig was toppled. The tornado is officially rated F4, but is mentioned by some sources as an F5 or possible F5. [191]
The most significant tornado of the event was a well-documented and destructive EF3 tornado that tore through Andover, Kansas, causing major structural damage to a YMCA branch, tossing vehicles, and destroying numerous homes. An elementary school in an Andover was also damaged, a pet supplies shop was obliterated, and many trees were snapped or ...
Drone footage shows the Andover, Kansas, tornado exhibiting a "corkscrew vortex" before destroying homes on the afternoon of April 29, 2022. The date April 29, 2022, will forever be a day that is ...
Days after a powerful tornado tore through Andover, Kansas, residents have begun to pick up the pieces, and startling new imagery of the twister in all its fury has emerged. More than 1,000 ...
The 2022 EF-3 tornado that struck the Wichita suburb of Andover carved a path of destruction that was 12.75 miles long. The 2022 Andover tornado damaged over 1,000 buildings in a 12.75 mile path ...
1991 Andover tornado outbreak: April 26–27, 1991: Central-Southern Great Plains: 58: 21 fatalities: One of the most intense Plains outbreaks on record, produced five violent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas. A very violent F5 tornado killed 17 people in the Wichita metropolitan area at Andover, Kansas, destroying an entire mobile-home park.
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