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The tornado, known as the Greensburg tornado, Greensburg, or GT in later studies, tracked 28.8 miles (46.3 km) through the area, killing eleven and injuring sixty-three others. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale after the retirement of the original Fujita scale in the United States on February 1, 2007.
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 ...
An EF-5 tornado struck the Kiowa County town west of Wichita on May 4, 2007. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
This map may save lives when there's a tornado threat. Adriana Navarro. April 28, 2023 at 9:44 AM ... by driving at right angles to the perceived path of the tornado and seeking shelter in a ...
The tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 was a devastating tornado outbreak that took place in Kansas, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people.Eleven of these deaths alone came from the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a massive EF5 tornado and the first in the United States to be rated as such.
Twisters tend to strike in Tornado Alley, a nickname for the nation's central region with the most tornadoes from the 1950s to 1990s. 17 Texas, 12 Illinois, 9 Missouri, and 7 Kansas counties ...
See section on this tornado family – This was an anticyclonic satellite tornado of the EF5 Greensburg tornado event; no damage occurred. [57] EF1 SSE of Greensburg (1st tornado) Kiowa: KS: 02:55–02:59 4.6 mi (7.4 km) 100 yd (91 m)