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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).
S of Greensburg (2nd tornado) Kiowa: KS: 02:25–02:26 0.73 mi (1.17 km) 30 yd (27 m) See section on this tornado family – This was an anticyclonic satellite tornado of the EF5 Greensburg tornado event; no damage occurred. [28] EF1
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
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.
Last month's Andover tornado stirs up memories of past Kansas killer twisters at Topeka, Udall, Greensburg, Andover, Hesston, Irving and Lake Pomona.
A storage warehouse had major damage when it was hit by an EF-2 tornado Wednesday night outside of Rossville. That tornado traveled 4.7 miles, had a max width of 200 yards and produced estimated ...
Extensive tornado damage in Eastern Kansas on February 28, 2007. ... (0250 UTC), there was a violent and destructive tornado in southwest Kansas near Greensburg. [64]