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From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
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In early May 2007, a significant tornado outbreak affected the Central United States. Over a three-day period from May 4–6, a total of 132 tornadoes touched down across seven states. Collectively, the tornadoes killed 14 people, injured 90, and left behind $264.7 million in damage. [1]
List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, May 6, 2007 [a] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width EF1 E of Delphos to N of Miltonvale: Ottawa, Cloud: KS: 05:01–05:12 10.08 mi (16.22 km) 200 yd (180 m)
May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) ... 2007 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
On the evening of May 4, 2007, amid a tornado outbreak, a large and devastating EF5 tornado moved through Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, causing catastrophic damage to the town of Greensburg. The tornado, known as the Greensburg tornado , Greensburg , or GT in later studies, tracked 28.8 miles (46.3 km) through the area, killing eleven ...
On the afternoon of May 22, the Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk of severe storms for parts of western Oklahoma, southern Kansas, and the northern Texas Panhandle for May 23. Significant EF2-EF5 tornadoes were possible inside the moderate risk area. [43] On May 23, 10 tornadoes were reported along with hail as large as softballs. [79]
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