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All incorporated communities in Kansas are called cities, unlike in some states where some are called towns or villages.(11 of 50 states only have cities). Once a city is incorporated in Kansas, it will continue to be a city even after falling below the minimum required to become a city, and even if the minimum is later raised. [3]
On May 25, 2016, a large tornado tore southwest of Chapman, which was placed under a tornado emergency. The violent and long-lived wedge tornado was on the ground for 25.09 miles (40.38 km) and lasted for at least 90 minutes, producing at least mid-range EF4 damage at its most intense point. [ 12 ]
It was also the deadliest tornado in Kiowa and Comanche counties. The tornado was also the second widest tornado in Kansas, only the Trousdale EF3 tornado that formed only a few moments after had a larger width of 2.2 miles (3.5 km). The tornado is also the widest tornado to have been officially rated EF5.
The Brown county system spawned a brief tornado over Topeka, Kansas, causing minor damage. This system also caused significant damage in Oskaloosa, Kansas, and other communities. Meanwhile, the Emporia system spawned an EF3 tornado that struck Reading, Kansas; one person was killed, several others were injured, and at least 20 houses were ...
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One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County ...
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 ...
“Two great blizzards hit western Kansas the first week of January 1886,” according to the National Weather Service webpage on the storm. “The first blizzard began on the first around noon at ...