EF1 tornado in Cheyenne County, Kansas
Tornado March 28, 2007 · Cheyenne County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dundy County, Nebraska → Cheyenne County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 tornado developed in northern Cheyenne county as the Bird City tornado was dissipating further west. The tornado developed near Road AA and Road 31 and tracked north into Dundy county, Nebraska between Roads 31 and 32. A home was damaged just north of Road AA with minor roof damage, broken windows and a part of a north wall pushed out. Further north...tree and fence damage occurred.
The wider storm
A major Spring storm system affecting the Central High Plains produced 16 tornadoes and flash flooding, in addition to severe hail and wind. This was the most tornadoes reported in a single day in the Goodland County Warning Area. The most significant tornado was an EF2 which began in Sherman county and moved north across most of Cheyenne county in Kansas. Four homesteads suffered significant property damage along the 36 mile path length. In addition to the EF2 tornado, there were three EF1 and twelve EF0 tornadoes stretching from Greeley county Kansas into Dundy county Nebraska. No injuries or fatalities occurred.
Began near Bird City (39.9103, -101.4435).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
16 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 20354. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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