Mile Wide Tornado Near Kansas City

https://www.kctv5.com/news/tornadoes-touched-down-around-kansas-city-area/article_c70ba6c0-819a-11e9-9f4c-fb3c09a5dd39.html

Kansas City-Area Tornadoes Add to 12 Straight Days of Destruction, “Federal government weather forecasters logged preliminary reports of more than 500 tornadoes in a 30-day period” :roll:

It looks like it’s going to be another long day for severe weather. NWS says it’s supposed to start settling down though.

https://ucweather.org/stormauto.php

You can see a video of the tornado on Twitter that was shared by Jackie Groeneveld.

https://twitter.com/erinkctv5?lang=en

monstor alright

EF4. KC airport was closed for many hours to clean up debris coming from the SW.

More info from NWS storm reports.

[size=83]Time: 2019-05-28 23:40 UTC Event: 0 TORNADO Source: nws storm survey Remark: *** 3 inj *** a nws storm survey team confirmed an ef-4 tornado, with maximum winds of 170 mph and a maximum width of 1 mile occurred tuesday evening. the storm crossed the kansas river 2 miles north of eudora and dissipated 1.5 miles west of bonner springs. the worst damage was near linwood, ks.[/size]

https://nwschat.weather.gov/lsr/#EAX/201905280700/201905291900/0100

More info including map of the path of the tornado and videos.

https://watchers.news/2019/05/30/second-ef-4-tornado-of-the-season-935-so-far-this-year-us/