EF0 tornado in Anderson County, Kansas
Tornado February 28, 2007 · Anderson County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Anderson County → Linn County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A weak EF-0 tornado touched down in southeast Anderson County around 1 mile east of Selma, and tracked northeast entering Linn county around 4 miles northeast of Selma. See Stormdata for Kansas, northeast, for more information on the continuation of this tornado. In Anderson County, the tornado flattened some grasses, and caused minor tree damage. The tornado occurred from a parent HP-Supercell thunderstorm. The path width was around 100 yards and the length around 3.5 miles.
The wider storm
A low pressure system pushed northeastward out of Oklahoma during the afternoon hours the 28th. The warm front extending from the low provided a focus for thunderstorm development. Tornadoes, gusty winds, and large hail were all reported across the Topeka CWA, with the first reports received just after 18:00 CST.
Began near Selma (38.1300, -95.1000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 14446. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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