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Possible Tornado Headed Toward Bentonville AR
10:14 UPDATE The NWS Tulsa has posted a severe thunderstorm for Washington County, where Fayetteville is located. 10:08 UPDATE This storm is going to make me eat my words about it passing north of Fayetteville. ROtation has intensified about 18 … Continue reading
Mike and John’s Plains Adventure
Our intrepid local chasers Mike Wilhelm and John Brown hit the road this weekend to capture some Plains tornadoes. Caught up with Mike last night well after midnight. Several folks on our internal chat had been worried abotu them after … Continue reading
Today is Anniversary of McDonald’s Chapel Tornado
Headlines on Sunday, April 15, 1956 talked about Democratic Presidential hopefuls Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver and their attacks on President Eisenhower’s foreign policy. Eisenhower still had a firm lead in recent polls that showed him a clear winner if … Continue reading
Woodward Hit Again
This week marked the 65th anniversary of one of the worst tornadoes in Oklahoma history. On April 9, 1947, 116 people died as one third of the town of Woodward was destroyed by a tornado. According to the NWS Norman, … Continue reading
Good News From Wichita
From Sedgwick County Emergency Management concerning the tornado that passed across the Wichita Metro tonight: We will have significant damage across south and east Sedgwick County; numerous buildings suffered partial collapse or worse. We still are trying to get a … Continue reading
Two Tornadic Supercells in Kansas
In this radar image, you can see the storm producing the tornado that struck Wichita approaching El Dorado. To the northwest, a thunderstorm producing a confirmed tornado that is on the ground is south of Salina. MOBILE HOME PARK HIT … Continue reading
Tornado Passing Andover KS, Another Heading Toward Salina
Tornado was visible at 10:36 p.m. near McConnell AFB. The tornado has crossed the southern part of Wichita and is moving through eastern Wichita metro now. Another large and extremely dangerous tornado is moving toward Salina now. The two largest … Continue reading
Tornado Emergency for WIchita
Catastrophic tornado warning for Wichita. It is very near McConnell AFB. Tracking along I-35, the Kansas Turnpike. Will pass near Andover. Andover is infamous from the 1991 violent tornado that hit that community. LATE REPORT 1 S South Wichita [Sedgwick … Continue reading
Tornado Moving into Wichita, NWS Evacuates
LATE REPORT: from Tim Marquis (via spotternetwork.org) @ 10:15 PM CDT — (S) Tor — — Spotter is 3 miles SE of Peck, KS (Sumner county) [37.449/-97.332] — Large wedge tornado approximately 3 miles to my north. (SN#1117 10:16 ANOTHER … Continue reading
NWS WIchita About To Go Into Shelter
Starting to get reports of damage from Sumner County, southwest of Wichita,including homes destroyed. The tornado will pass very near the NWS Wichita office. They are about to go into shelter. *CORRECTION* Topeka Tulsa will take over for them. Here … Continue reading
