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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 ...
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. On the evening of May 4, 2007, Greensburg was devastated by an EF5 tornado that leveled at least 95 percent of the city ...
On May 4, 2007, a tornado hit Greensburg, destroying the center. [9] The well reopened on May 26, 2012. The new visitor's 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.
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
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At 1:30 p.m. on the day of the tornado, NWS forecasters issued a tornado watch, and then at 5:17 p.m. they issued a tornado warning with 17 minutes to spare before it touched down.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said the tornado, which was on the ground for 21 minutes, carved a 13-mile-long path of destruction and was rated an EF3 with maximum wind speed
City center, twelve days after the tornado struck (2007) On the evening of May 4, 2007, the first of a series of powerful storms and one of the strongest tornadoes of the century, an EF5 tornado with a 1.7-mile-swath, and winds exceeding 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), flattened 95% of McKinney's hometown of Greensburg, Kansas. [25] [26] [2]