EF4 tornado leaves trail of damage across Kansas on Wednesday.
"The tornado developed around 6 p.m. CDT near Minneapolis, Kansas," AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologist Amber McGinnis said.
The tornado tracked near the towns of Solomon, Abilene and Chapman. It remained just to the north of Interstate 70 much of the time before crossing the road near Chapman.
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| A large, wedge tornado located a few miles northeast of Solomon, Kansas, Wednesday evening. (Photo/@THUNDR1) |
"It lifted southeast of Chapman, Kansas, around 8:30 p.m. CDT," McGinnis said.
A damage survey from the National Weather Service in Topeka, Kansas, rated the tornado as an EF4 with estimated peak winds of 180 mph.
The tornado damaged numerous buildings along its path and also overturned cars.
A press release from the Kansas Highway Patrol estimated between 15 and 25 homes were either substantially damaged or destroyed.
At some points during its track, the tornado was estimated to be half a mile wide.
The same storm produced another large tornado to the west of Harveyville, Kansas, around 10:30 p.m. CDT.
No fatalities or injuries were reported from the storm.
Video....
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| Damage to a home on the southwest side of Chapman, Kansas. The vehicles were where the garage and barn used to be. (Photo/@hilde31) |
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| Building damage and trees debarked on the southwest side of Chapman, Kansas. A camper was also in the barn but no where to be seen. (Photo/@hilde31) |
House Destroyed just SW of Chapman.Woman in the house survived here in the basement.
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| Tornado crossing over Interstate 70 near Chapman, Kansas, on Wednesday evening. (Photo/@JCLafa) |
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| Tornado on the ground across north-central Kansas on Wednesday evening. (Facebook photo/Jake Mulholland with credit to Sarah Symborski) |
source: www.accuweather.com
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