Tornadoes Rake Across Southwest Kansas (updated 4/6/07)

Nine tornadoes roared across parts of southwest Kansas Wednesday evening and night, March 28th. Fortunately folks in the path of the tornadoes had ample warning and were able to take precautions to prevent any injury or death. There was severe destruction in parts of Hodgeman and Ness counties from one of the tornadoes that was 3/4 of a mile wide at times and tracked 29 miles. Although no human life was lost, there were approximately 90 head of cattle that perished along the path of the largest tornado (over 20 have yet to be found). A dozen homes were either destroyed or received some damage. Over 150 power poles were taken down along with many miles of transmission lines. Some sheet metal debris from one farm has been found over 30 miles away.

	Start time	Location	End time	Location	Length	Width	Rating
Tornado 1	728 PM	3.4 SE Meade	732 PM	2.5 ESE Meade	1.4 miles	50 yards	EF0
Tornado 2	732 PM	4.7 NE Meade	735 PM	4.7 NE Meade	1.3 miles	50 yards	EF0
Tornado 3	735 PM	8.5 NNE Coolidge	745 PM	13.9 NNE Coolidge	5.5 miles	100 yards	EF0
Tornado 4	742 PM	3 W Fowler	805 PM	5.3 S Ensign	13.3 miles	125 yards	EF1
Tornado 5	758 PM	10.2 S Howell	812 PM	2.4 SSW Howell	7.8 miles	50 yards	EF0
Tornado 6	814 PM	1.7 NW Ensign	831 PM	4.3 ENE Cimarron	10.4 miles	200 yards	EF1
Tornado 7	832 PM	9.2 N Howell	856 PM	11.7 WSW Jetmore	10.7 miles	200 yards	EF1
Tornado 8	839 PM	14.5 SE Meade State Park	858 PM	9.9 E Meade State Park	8.7 miles	100 yards	EF0
Tornado 9	901 PM	9.1 W Jetmore	950 PM	5.7 NE Beeler	29.1 miles	1320 yards	EF3