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From April 26 to 27, 1991, multiple supercells across Oklahoma and Kansas led to a regional tornado outbreak.Forced by a potent trough and focused along a dryline, these distinct thunderstorms moved northeast through a moist and highly unstable environment.
In the afternoon hours of April 26, 1991, a large and devastating tornado moved 46 miles (74 km) through areas southeast of Wichita, located in the state of Kansas. The tornado killed seventeen, injured over two hundred others, and left an estimated $300 million ($700,058,432 in 2024) of damage in its wake.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
In a year full of extreme weather, experts say 2024’s spate of tornado outbreaks, in particular, set it apart. From January through November (the latest month for which official counts are ...
The tornado continued to intensify as it moved northeastward through agricultural fields, snapping power poles and large trees. The tornado reached its peak intensity of high-end EF3 intensity as it hit a manufacturing plant along US 6 where 70 employees were sheltered. The roof of the structure along with three walls of the plant failed and ...
The date April 29, 2022, will forever be a day that is remembered by those living in Andover, Kansas, due to the furious tornado that tore through the small Wichita suburb and carved a path of ...
The end of April 2021 marks an entire decade since a severe weather event that the National Weather Service called "one of the most active, destructive, and deadly" in U.S. history for tornadoes ...
The spring months of March, April, May and June all saw very large numbers of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. The fall, sometimes referred to as a "second season", was very quiet. The Andover, Kansas outbreak of April 26, 1991 was famous for its violent tornadoes, incredible video and is the signature event of this tornado season. 1991 saw one ...