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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Wed May 29 2024

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

In 1951, a massive hailstorm hammered Wallace and
Kearney Counties Kansas.  The hail caused around $6
million damage to crops, but the hail size wasn`t
reported.

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In 1953, an F4 tornado with a track 20 miles long and
around one third of a mile wide tore through Morton and
Emmons counties of South Central North Dakota.The
twister killed 2 and injured 20.  One of the deaths
occurred in Fort Rice, where a Catholic Church was
leveled.  Its pews were jammed 4 FEET INTO THE GROUND.

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