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But when you look at averages since tornadoes started to be recorded in 1950, this year’s number doesn’t seem that high. From 1950 to 2023, the average tornadoes Kansas saw per year was 61.
1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 19–22, 1957; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957; St. Louis tornado outbreak of February 1959; Tornado outbreak of April 28–30, 1960; May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961
One of the most intense Plains outbreaks on record, produced five violent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas. A very violent F5 tornado killed 17 people in the Wichita metropolitan area at Andover, Kansas, destroying an entire mobile-home park. A long-tracked F4 tornado near Red Rock, Oklahoma, produced Doppler-indicated winds into the F5 range ...
An extended period of significant tornado outbreaks and tornado activity along with two derechos rounded out the very active month of May starting on May 19. On May 19, severe weather produced destructive hurricane-force straight-line winds, very large hail, and numerous tornadoes across mainly Kansas and Oklahoma.
The storms that hit Kansas on Sunday night contained brief tornadoes, 100 mph wind gusts and golf ball size hail, according to a report published by the National Weather Service on Wednesday.. It ...
That tornado traveled 8.8 miles, had a max width of 400 yards and produced estimated top winds of 115 mph. It lasted from 7:45-8:15 p.m. The storms also caused power outages and large hail.
The tornado was also one of the deadliest in Kansas history, along with being the deadliest in the history of Comanche and Kiowa counties. The tornado is the one of the largest officially surveyed tornado in Kansas history, at 1.7 miles (2.7 km); the Trousdale tornado that touched down on the same day had a larger width, at 2.2 miles (3.5 km).
Peak tornado season in Kansas runs from April through June. The most recent four-year count was 155 tornadoes spanning 2020 to 2023, according to a social media post from NWS Wichita office. It ...