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See section on this tornado family – This was an anticyclonic satellite tornado of the EF5 Greensburg tornado event; no damage occurred. [28] EF1 SSE of Greensburg (1st tornado) Kiowa: KS: 02:55–02:59 4.6 mi (7.4 km) 100 yd (91 m)
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 took a direct hit from the tornado and was left in ruins as a result, [42] with 95% of structures within city limits sustaining some degree of tornado-related damage. [43] Over 800,000 cubic yards (610,000 m 3 ) of tornado-related debris was removed from Greensburg in the aftermath of the tornado. [ 44 ]
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 ...
At 9:45 p.m. CDT on May 4, 2007, during a deadly tornado outbreak, [24] Greensburg took a direct hit from a rain-wrapped EF5 tornado. The tornado was estimated to be 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in width — wider than the city itself — and traveled for nearly 22 miles (35 km). The tornado killed 10 people in Greensburg and two more in neighboring ...
2007 Greensburg tornado; Tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007; Tornado outbreak of March 28–31, 2007; List of tornadoes in the outbreak of May 4–6, 2007; Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007; Tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008; Tornado outbreak of May 1–3, 2008; List of tornadoes in the outbreak of May 22–27, 2008
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
Killer outbreak of tornadoes hit the Kansas City metropolitan area as well as areas to the north and south. Both F4 tornadoes were killers. (11 significant, 2 violent, 5 killer) [68] Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1964: May 4–8, 1964: Great Plains - Midwest: 73: 15 fatalities, 383 injuries