When I look at these photos…I am immediately reminded of the town of Woodward, Oklahoma that was wiped off the map in 1947. https://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/ If this is not an EF5 tornado, I will be very surprised… Please scan down for … Continue reading →

Mike Umscheid is a well known storm chaser who works for the NWS in Dodge City, Kansas. He was working the radar Friday night and issuing warnings as a long lived, cyclic supercell thunderstorm roared to life over southwestern Kansas. … Continue reading →

Today is one of those dates that fans of numbers have to like. 05/06/07. I guess you can t ake it out even further and wake up early this morning so that your clock can read 02:03:04 05/06/07. I think … Continue reading →

It was a busy Saturday night at the GES store near the Alabama State Fairgrounds in the West End section of Birmingham. The date was May 6, 1967. The department store was filled with shoppers about 7 p.m. when a … Continue reading →

Hopefully we won’t be adding the town of Ellinwood, Kansas to the roll of infamy tonight. It is in Barton County, east of Great Bend. The town lost power awhile ago when a transformer blew in the town. Tornado sirens … Continue reading →

Another tornado formed near hard hit Greensburg KS tonight… BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 837 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * … Continue reading →

Serious situation in Stafford County, Kansas tonight… SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070506T0130Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 801 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN … Continue reading →

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-060015- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070506T0015Z/ BARTON KS- 700 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT… … Continue reading →

A tornado is on the ground SW of Great Bend, KS in Barton County. It is moving in on the city. It will also pass near Hoisington, site of another devastating tornado a couple of years ago. Media and search … Continue reading →

Severe thunderstorms are over southwestern Kansas again this evening. Strong indications of rotation in Rice County near Raymond. KWCH storm spotter reports funnel with brief tornado touchdowns. Chase in particular danger now. Eventually Frederick and Geneseo. Tornado warning for Pawnee … Continue reading →