Massive Tornado Has Hit Multiple Towns In Kansas

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html ^ | May 5, 2007

[silentknight]

Damage being reported for over 100 miles. Reports of dozens of injuries and missing people. Damage to numerous towns from one large tornado or a series of large tornadoes. Tornado tracked from south of Greensburg, Kansas and is still going as of 2 a.m. this morning near Claffin, Kansas.

Reports of dozens of homes destroyed. Many people still trapped.

Red Cross is opening a number of shelters.

Ambulances being called in from over 100 miles away.

Reports of fatalities.

NWS reports the tornado was over one mile wide. Numerous reports of damage swaths of 1/2 mile to one mile wide.

[sageb1]

That is one monster tornado. Prayers up for all those in Greensburg.

[eccentric]

As I left for work last night, I heard there was a tornado near Greensburg about 100 miles from here. Since they are usually small tornados out in barren fields, I just prayed for the safety of those in its path. I think I prayed that the hail not be too bad, since that causes more damage.....

I saw lightning to the east as we went west to work (night shift). After lunch break, a co-worker told me that her husband had called saying most of Greensburg was destroyed. He was there helping with the clean up. I was shocked that this would happen to a place that I pass through while driving to Wichita. We often stopped at "The Big Well" or convenience stores in that town.... I fear seeing the pictures.

[Strategerist]

SPC just put up a (rare) “High” risk for today, covering West-Central Kansas and Nebraska. Same area to be hit again.

[eccentric]

http://www.bigwell.org/ This is what Greensburg used to be.

[tutstar]

oh that’s not good. . . do you have a link?

[Strategerist]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

[spectre]

MSNBC is showing latest videos and has good live coverage.

Terrible devastation.

sw

[texas booster]

http://stormhighway.com/blog/may407b.shtml

Pictures of up to three tornadoes from a storm chaser in Greensburg.

[Dust in the Wind]

The Red Cross was in Holly Colorado for several days and The Salvation Army is just ending a thirty day stretch there. This was after their town was hard hit also. These organizations could surely use some funding if one is inclined to help.

Prayers up for our easterly neighbors. There is Hope.

[cgbg]

Amazing pictures here. Thanks for posting.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

KS prayers up, from Texas.

[Professional Engineer]

A single tornado, a mile wide? Wow.

More likely a multiple-vortex tornado. Several smaller funnels orbiting around each other. Very devastating type of storm.

[Just Lori]

I sure don’t miss the Midwest weather! Prayers up for all affected.

[ProudGulfWarVet65]

May the good lord bless em..had a similar disaster nearby several years ago (Ogden, IL). Thankfully few deaths, but devastating damage.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

“He holds the whole world in His hand”

Lord, please pay the Guardian Angels overtime for keeping up Your hedges, wherever they may be...

[I'm ALL Right!]

Just like the OKC May 3 tornado. God Bless those people. It took years to recover from that monster.

[janetjanet998]

it was a MONSTER wedge

CNN now saying 7 dead..more still missing

[mware]

Talk about looking at Hell.

[janetjanet998]

that was taken in the dark and that isn’t lightning in the background those are power flashes as it moved through the town