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The tornado is the deadliest to strike the Kansas City metropolitan area, and was the deadliest worldwide in 1957. The tornado was rated F5 on the Fujita scale, the first of three worldwide to receive this rating in 1957. The tornado touched down near Williamsburg at 7:15 p.m., headed northeast.
The week of May 20–26, 1957, was the most prolific in terms of tornado activity recorded to date. [18] On May 20–21, an upper-level trough traversed the Central United States. As it did so, a significant tornado outbreak took place over portions of Kansas , Nebraska , Missouri , and Oklahoma.
From May 19–22, 1957, a tornado outbreak took place across the US Central Plains.A total of 59 tornadoes were reported from Colorado to the Mississippi Valley. [note 1] [note 2] The most destructive tornado of the severe weather event—likely part of a long-lived family—was rated at F5, the highest level, and is often called the Ruskin Heights tornado, after the site of its worst damage ...
On May 19, 1957, a tornado cut a significant 71-mile path through major businesses and neighborhoods of Ruskin Heights. Rated an F5 on the Fujita scale, the tornado was the largest of the May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence, and has been called the Ruskin Heights tornado in parts of the neighborhood. The town has since mostly ...
Of the 59 such tornadoes since 1950 to achieve that rating, only the 1957 Sunfield, Illinois, tornado and a 1953 Vicksburg, Mississippi, tornado did so in December. But there were four other ...
The 1957 Dallas tornado with multiple vortices observed at the time as it approached the city. Tornado activity continued into Oklahoma. A large, 600 yard wide F2 tornado killed one and injured two in rural Murray County. A violent F4 tornado then hit Lake Texoma State Park east of Kingston and south of Cumberland, killing two and injuring six.
A resident of an apartment building whose bedroom overlooks Union Station had set up a camera to livestream the parade and rally Wednesday. He inadvertently captured the first moments of the shooting.
Officials ask anyone with information, photos or videos of the shooting contact the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. The Star’s Kendrick Calfee contributed to this report. Show comments