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An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007.
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 and injuring sixty-three others. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale after the retirement of the original Fujita scale in the United States on February 1, 2007.
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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Nov. 13—A Westmoreland County judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Southwest Greensburg woman who prosecutors said was responsible for the fatal overdose of her live-in boyfriend ...
On May 4, 2007, a tornado hit Greensburg, destroying the center. [9] The well reopened on May 26, 2012. The new visitor center, also known as the Big Well Museum, contains a circular timeline of the city of Greensburg in three stages, including the beginnings of Greensburg, the Tornadic event, and the Eco-Friendly Rebuilding of Greensburg.
Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census , the population of the city was 740. [ 4 ] It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well .
An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007.