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AccuWeather has issued an “extreme risk” warning for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in an area of the central U.S. that includes Wichita. On Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service ...
He said in the 1970s, meteorologist Ted Fujita — for whom the scale of tornado intensity is named — wrote a paper on major tornadoes dating from 1916. “He found out . . . tornadoes seem to ...
April 27, 2024 at 11:44 AM. Courtesy photo/National Weather Service. A tornado watch was issued through 7 p.m. Saturday for a large swath of Kansas, including Wichita. More severe weather now is ...
A destructive and deadly tornado outbreak impacted the Red River Valley on April 10, 1979. Several strong to violent tornadoes touched down throughout the region that day. One F4 tornado impacted Vernon, Texas. The most notable tornado was another F4 tornado that destroyed most of the southern part of Wichita Falls, Texas, and is commonly ...
From April 13 to 16, 2012, a major tornado outbreak occurred across a large portion of the Great Plains. The storms resulted in six tornado-related fatalities, all of which occurred as a result of a nighttime EF3 tornado that caused major damage in and around Woodward, Oklahoma. Numerous other tornadoes occurred, including a violent EF4 tornado that passed near Marquette, Kansas, and an EF3 ...
A significant and destructive tornado outbreak that affected parts of the Midwestern United States and lower Great Plains in mid-May 2013. This event occurred just days after a deadly outbreak struck Texas and surrounding southern states on May 15. On May 16, a slow moving trough crossed the Rockies and traversed the western Great Plains. Initially, activity was limited to scattered severe ...
Areas west of Wichita could see baseball-sized hail, 70 mph winds and the possibility of a tornado between 6 p.m. to midnight.
On April 25, 1991, the National Weather Service issued a warning of an impending weather system, noting that computer models were "indicating this to be a very significant severe weather producer with tornadoes occurring across the Central/Southern Plains." On the morning of April 26, the organization delineated a High risk of severe weather across the Great Plains. [5] A southeast-tilted ...