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The tornado is the deadliest to strike the Kansas City metropolitan area, and was the deadliest worldwide in 1957. Intensity was rated F5 on the Fujita scale, the first of three worldwide to receive this rating in 1957. The tornado touched down near Williamsburg at 7:15 p.m., headed northeast.
From May 19–22, 1957, a tornado outbreak took place across the US Central Plains.A total of 59 tornadoes were reported from Colorado to the Mississippi Valley. [note 1] [note 2] The most destructive tornado of the severe weather event—likely part of a long-lived family—was rated at F5, the highest level, and is often called the Ruskin Heights tornado, after the site of its worst damage ...
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The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch shortly before 3 p.m. for parts of the Kansas City forecast area, including seven counties in Kansas and 36 counties in Missouri.
A tornado watch has been issued for the Kansas City metro area until 4 a.m. Tuesday as severe weather rolls across the state. In a tweet Monday night, meteorologists with the National Weather ...
A tornado watch has been issued for the Kansas City area. Be alert for the threat of tornadoes, tennis ball-sized hail and wind gusts up to 80 mph.
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Nearly 3 million residents live in the tornado watch area, which includes 1237 schools and 91 hospitals. Potential tornadoes in the Kansas City metropolitan area will likely be embedded within ...