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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 1917, an outbreak of 12 tornadoes, three of which
were violent F4s, struck East and Northeast Kansas as
well as Central Missouri.  In Northeast Kansas, an F4
tornado with a track 25 miles long and one half mile
wide, passed 8 miles northwest of Topeka.  It killed 9,
injured 50, and caused around $700,000 damage.Many
farms and homes were swept away and farm machinery was
thrown long distances.Another F4 tornado struck Neosho
County, where a farm was leveled.  However, the worst
tornado, a violent F4 with a track 42 miles long and
averaging nearly 450 yards wide, struck Central Missouri.
It killed 20, injured 68, and caused around $210,000
damage in Boone County alone.  In 1908, Northern Kansas
and Southern Nebraska were struck by 9 strong and violent
tornadoes.  The most violent was an F5 variant with a
track 35 miles long and averaging one half mile wide.  It
killed 11 and injured 30 as it tore through Thayer and
Fillmore counties of Southeast Nebraska.  The twister was
so powerful that many farms vanished.

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