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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 ...
The tornado is the second-widest officially surveyed tornado in Kansas history, at 1.7 miles (2.7 km); the 2 miles (3.2 km) width estimate from the 1896 Seneca–Oneida tornado is considered unofficial and the Trousdale tornado that touched down on the same day had a larger width, at 2.2 miles (3.5 km).
Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 - The center of town twelve days after it was hit by an F5 tornado with 200 mph winds. Debris removal is moving at a record pace, but reconstruction will likely take years.
An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007. Remembering those who died in the 2007 tornado that devastated Greensburg, Kansas Skip to main content
The damage appeared to be minor based on photos. That tornado traveled 8.8 miles, had a max width of 400 yards and produced estimated top winds of 115 mph. It lasted from 7:45-8:15 p.m.
Nominator(s): E F 5 16:56, 23 December 2024 (UTC) [] This article is about the massive EF5-rated tornado that hit Greensburg, Kansas on the night of May 4, 2007. The tornado directly hit he town, damaging 95% of the buildings within city limits to some degree and killing eleven people.
May 27—A Manhattan-area storm chaser observed a slow-moving photogenic tornado before and after it impacted a small western Kansas community Monday. Chip Redmond, photographer and manager of the ...
That tornado killed nine people and was later rated an EF5, the first since the Greensburg, Kansas tornado. According to the SPC Storm Reports, 50 tornadoes have been reported throughout the day. At 4:55 pm, an EF3 tornado touched down in Lino Lakes, a northern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.