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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Sun Mar 31 2024

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

In 1892, it was meteorological March Madness for much of
the Central and Eastern thirds of Kansas, as severe
thunderstorms spawned 9 strong to violent tornadoes that
evening.  A pair of vicious F4 tornadoes tore through
parts of South Central Kansas.The first was nearly a
half mile wide and had a track 30 miles long.  It tracked
from near South Haven to near Derby.  The twister killed
7 and injured 40.  The second tornado injured 60 along
its 25 mile long, one quarter mile wide track.All 9 of
the fatalities associated with this tornado occurred in
Towanda, which was almost completely destroyed.

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