It was just about same date as a small Kansas town was wiped out in 2007 (on may 4), Greensburg. Near Garden City. It was worse, actually, town almost obliterated and about a dozen killed. Town was rebuilt, population 740. In 2000, it was over 1,500. A lot of people chose never to return to Greensburg.
Yep, I trucked through Greensburg about a year after that. There was still rebuilding going on. A lot of tree trunks with no limbs.
John Deere dealership was rebuilt. I remember seing pics of combines thrown around.