May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado Rated EF-5
The First "5" Rating on the new Enhanced-Fujita Scale
...and the first "5" classification since May 3, 1999 when an F5 tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma.

LINK to the Greensburg, KS Newspaper for the latest news coverage
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The following day, May 5, 2007, saw an outbreak of tornadoes in Nebraska
LINK to the May 5, 2007 Tornadoes in Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa



May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado.  Photo by Melanie Metz
More photos of the tornado located below.

American Red Cross  Aerial Photo of Greensburg, Kansas 
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May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado Damage Photos:
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or on the photo to the left
go to the Damage Photo Gallery


 
May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado.  Photo by Melanie Metz
May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado.  Photo by Melanie Metz


May 4, 2007 Greensburg, KS Tornado.  Photo by Van DeWald, NWS

Links to Greensburg, KS Tornado Images:
Tower of Storms

youtube 1

youtube 2

youtube 3

youtube 4 (radar imagery)

Storm Highway

Storm Highway 2

NEWS Stories

Greensburg's Famed Meteorite Found Under Rubble

Residents of Tornado Wracked Town Eye Future

Bush Gets First Hand Look at Tornado Damage

Greensburg Tornado, A Mission of Hope

Residents Saw Damage Monday

A Town in Ruin

Tornado Shatters Southwest Kansas

Statement from the White House


 
 

Damage Paths of the Greensburg, KS and Nearby Tornadoes of May 4, 2007


The following day, May 5, 2007, saw an outbreak of tornadoes in Nebraska
LINK to the May 5, 2007 Tornadoes in Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa


Looking south into Nebraska from South Dakota at twin tornadoes on May 5, 2007.


Below is an image from the Dodge City May 4, 2007
doppler radar velocity data showing the incredible rotational "tornado vortex signature"
shortly before changing the town of Greensburg, Kansas forever:


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