The tornado that tore through Eureka late last month came from a storm that intensified so rapidly no warning was issued, officials say. “It spun up so fast that we didn’t have quite enough time to get the tornado warning out in time,” said Andy Kleinsasser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita.…
8 injured as Kansas town gets direct hit from tornado for second time in 2 years
Residents in a small Kansas town were surveying damage Wednesday after the community took a “direct hit” from a tornado for the second time in two years. Eight people were hurt, two critically, when the latest twister struck the southeastern Kansas town of Eureka Tuesday night. Kansas Adjutant General’s Office spokeswoman Jane Welch said 175…
More than 90 homes damaged in EF2, EF3 tornadoes
GREENWOOD COUNTY, Kan. UPDATE – 6:00 pm: The National Weather Service says the EF-3 tornado that hit Eureka on Thursday was only the fifth EF-3 tornado to strike in Kansas in the month of July since 1950. No Kansas tornadoes that have hit in July have ever been rated above an EF-3. The last EF-3…