EF3 Tornado — Sedgwick, Kansas

2012-04-14 · near Haysville, Sedgwick, Kansas

Event narrative

Significant damage to homes, many of them had a number missing outer walls. Seven homes were missing two to four walls, one home was completely destroyed. The trees associated with house completely stripped to nothing, this was also the case at many other locations along the path.

A mobile home park to south had seventy five percent of the homes uninhabitable. Approximately twenty five percent were reduced to rubble.

Significant damage was also noted at McConnell AFB. Many of the hangars sustained damage. One hangar in particular that was owned by Spirit Aerosystems sustained a considerable amount of damage.

Several apartments and businesses also had damage like roofs being torn off and windows blown out.

Wider weather episode

A significant severe weather outbreak with several damaging long track tornadoes occurred. The strongest tornado moved through portions of central Kansas and produced EF-4 damage at one home stead. Two other tornadoes touched down producing EF-3 damage in south central Kansas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 366421. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.