(WIBW) – A tornado reportedly did serious damage Monday evening in a small town in western Kansas. The National Weather Service reports a tornado touched down in Selden just after 6 p.m. Selden is a town of fewer than 300 people in Sheridan Co., just east of Colby. An NWS storm report said a train…
Ruskin Heights tornado took 44 lives, injured 531 people 64 years ago
Since 1950, more than 300 tornadoes have been reported in the Kansas City metro area, but none of them compare to what happened on the evening of May 20, 1957. It’s now known simply in Kansas City as the Ruskin Heights tornado. And 64 years later, it’s still utterly astonishing to see the destruction the…
Thursday marks 64 years since the most destructive and deadliest tornado in Kansas City history
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Thursday marks 64 years since the worst weather disasters on record for Kansas City. On the evening of May 20, 1957, a F5 tornado touched down southwest of Kansas City and traveled a distance of 71 miles, according to the National Weather Service, causing major construction from when it touched down…
Tornado damages at least 20 homes in southern Johnson County after storms hit Monday
STILWELL, Kan. — Monday afternoon’s storm led to tornado warnings on both sides of the state line and damaged at least 20 homes in Johnson County, Kansas. Many of them were in the Rio Lobo Ranch neighborhood near 193rd and Antioch in Stilwell, Kansas. It uprooted and snapped trees in half and sent twisted pieces…
NWS confirms Monday tornado in Johnson County
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Johnson County, Kansas, Monday afternoon. The maximum wind speed reported to the service was 85 miles per hour and the tornado had a maximum path width of 100 yards. Tornado sirens went off in southern Overland Park around 4…
Homes damaged in Johnson County, Kansas, after reports of tornado touchdown
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City area on Monday, spawning at least one brief tornado touchdown that damaged homes and downed fences and tree limbs. The National Weather Service said on Twitter that law enforcement reported a tornado had touched down in rural southeast Johnson County south of Overland Park,…
The tornado drought of 2020: Plains lacked trademark twisters this past year
The National Weather Service in Wichita ordinarily issues warnings for a host of tornadoes each spring. Kansas averages more than 100 twisters annually, more than many countries do. But in 2020, the Weather Service office in Wichita didn’t log a single confirmed tornado. That means parts of the East Coast — including New Jersey, New…
Strange but true: Seattle NWS has issued more tornado warnings in 2020 than Wichita
SEATTLE — Here is another crazy weather statistic to toss into the pile in a year full of them: Our area is leading parts of Kansas in tornado warnings so far this year. WHAT??!? It’s true: The National Weather Service office in Seattle has issued 4 Tornado Warnings so far this year — even stranger,…
Four tornadoes reported in Flint Hills region Thursday night
ALMA, Kan. (WIBW) — The National Weather Service confirmed four tornadoes swept through the Flint Hills region Thursday evening. While most of them were short-lived and didn’t cause any damage, one of them lasted nearly 20 minutes and reached triple digit wind speeds. The twister touched down shortly after 8:30 p.m. about 8.75 miles northeast…
SEVERE STORMS BRING WIND DAMAGE, TORNADO REPORT TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
Law enforcement officers reported a tornado on the ground about a mile south of Harper early Sunday. The storm moved through the area around 3:30 a.m. There have been no reports of damage from the storm. The tornado lifted and a warning was canceled by 4 a.m. Storms moved through Wichita later in the morning…