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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 ...
The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, as well as the most recent EF5 tornado to occur in Kansas as of 2025. [43] 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 town of Greensburg, Kansas, suffered total devastation from the United States' first EF5 tornado in eight years. In early May 2007, a significant tornado outbreak affected the Central United States.
City center, twelve days after the tornado struck (2007) 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 Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
The center of Greensburg, Kansas, 12 days after being hit by an EF5 tornado. A significant severe weather event developed across the central Plains on the evening of May 4. Early in the morning, The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms for May 4 over portions of Central Nebraska , Western Kansas , Western ...
Other strong tornadoes occurred in Oklahoma and elsewhere in Kansas. 2007 Greensburg tornado: May 4, 2007 Greensburg, Kansas: 11 (including ten satellite tornadoes) 11 A large and devastating EF5 tornado destroyed 95% of Greensburg, Kansas, killing 11 and injuring 63 more. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
The states with the highest number of F5 and EF5 rated tornadoes since data was available in 1950 are Alabama and Oklahoma, each with seven tornadoes. Iowa, Kansas, and Texas each are tied for second-most with six. [28] The state with the highest number of F5 and EF5 tornadoes per square mile, however, was Iowa. [40]