EF1 tornado in Rice County, Kansas
Tornado May 5, 2007 · Rice County, Kansas
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Barton County → Rice 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
The tornado some damage to sheds and downed several powerlines. The storm crossed into Rice 4.8 miles west-southwest of Bushton and dissipated 2 miles west of Bushton.
The wider storm
A powerful but slow moving storm system caused several severe thunderstorm outbreaks from very late in the day on May 4th through late in the day on May 6th. This storm system was responsible for 20 tornadoes, 17 tornadoes were reported in parts of Central Kansas while 3 additional weak tornadoes occurred in South Central Kansas on the 6th as well as numerous reports of severe hail and winds. In Barton County alone, 500 power poles including several large transmission lines were knocked down causing at least 4.5 million dollars in damage. Since several tornadoes occurred over nearly the same areas it is not clear how many poles were knocked down from each tornado.
Began near Bushton (38.4934, -98.4819).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
18 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 34610. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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