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Event	Tornado
-- Scale	EF1
-- Length	2.3
-- Width	75
State	KANSAS
County/Area	CLARK
WFO	DDC
Begin Date	05/04/2007 19:50:00 CST-6
Begin Range	10
Begin Azimuth	NNE
Begin Location	SITKA
Begin Lat/Lon	37.32/-99.6
End Date	05/04/2007 19:56:00 CST-6
End Range	12
End Azimuth	ESE
End Location	CLARK STATE LAKE
End Lat/Lon	37.31/-99.58
Deaths Direct/Indirect	0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect	0/0
Property Damage
Crop Damage	0.00K
Episode Narrative	A destructive tornado, 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 occurred on this day. There were 12 tornadoes during about a 4 hour period, one a little over 2 miles wide! Two of the tornadoes existed for over 1 hour as they churned up the ground, leveling homes and causing fatalities along their path. Miraculously, on 13 people perished, 11 in Greensburg - a miracle because over 90 percent of the town of Greensburg was literately wiped off the face of the earth. Another round of tornadoes occurred the following day across generally the same area. Nearly 250 pivot irrigation sprinklers were damaged or destroyed during the 2 day outbreak. Due to the number of sprinklers involved and the lack of replacements, some farmers would be out of service for over 1 year.
Event Narrative	A farmer on a tractor was able to get out of the path of this tornado that curved northwest as it dissipated. The tornado did strike a barn that caused EF1 damage but the tornado remained over farm land for most of it's life.

All events for this episode:

Location	County/Zone	St.	Date	Time	T.Z.	Type	Mag	Dth	Inj	PrD	CrD
Totals:								13	66	251.500M	0.00K
ASHLAND	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	18:42	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ASHLAND	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	18:43	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SITKA	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	18:45	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
CLARK STATE LAKE	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:03	CST-6	Hail	2.50 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MULLINVILLE	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:10	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BUCKLIN	FORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:12	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MULLINVILLE	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:18	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
PROTECTION	COMANCHE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:30	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SITKA	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:32	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SITKA	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:34	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
PROTECTION	COMANCHE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:48	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SITKA	CLARK CO.	KS	05/04/2007	19:50	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
COLDWATER	COMANCHE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:00	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
FORD	FORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:00	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GARFIELD	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:00	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
WILLIAMS	EDWARDS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:01	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MULLINVILLE	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:03	CST-6	Tornado	EF5	11	63	250.000M	0.00K
FORD	FORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:05	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
COLDWATER	COMANCHE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:08	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MULLINVILLE	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:09	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ELLIS	ELLIS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:15	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
RIGA	TREGO CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:15	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GARFIELD	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:15	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
LARNED PAWNEE CO ARP	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:15	CST-6	Hail	2.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
RUSH CENTER	RUSH CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:25	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MULLINVILLE	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:25	CST-6	Hail	1.25 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ARDELL	EDWARDS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:30	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
SPEARVILLE	FORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:30	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GREENSBURG	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:34	CST-6	Tornado	EF0	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
JETMORE	HODGEMAN CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:45	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
JETMORE MUNI ARPT	HODGEMAN CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:45	CST-6	Hail	0.88 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ROZEL	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:45	CST-6	Hail	2.50 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
JETMORE	HODGEMAN CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:53	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GREENSBURG ARPT	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	20:55	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
ROZEL	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:00	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
RUSH CENTER	RUSH CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:01	CST-6	Hail	1.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GREENSBURG ARPT	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:03	CST-6	Tornado	EF2	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BURDETT ROZEL ARPT	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:10	CST-6	Hail	0.88 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BISON	RUSH CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:15	CST-6	Hail	0.88 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
GRAY	HODGEMAN CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:15	CST-6	Hail	0.88 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BAZINE	NESS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:30	CST-6	Hail	0.88 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TROUSDALE	EDWARDS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:31	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	0	1	1.500M	0.00K
WELLSFORD	KIOWA CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:39	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BAZINE	NESS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:41	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
TROUSDALE	EDWARDS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:45	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
BROWNELL	NESS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:45	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
HOPEWELL	PRATT CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:48	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	1	1	0.00K	0.00K
BROWNELL	NESS CO.	KS	05/04/2007	21:50	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
RIGA	TREGO CO.	KS	05/04/2007	22:05	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
MACKSVILLE	STAFFORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	22:08	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	0	1	0.00K	0.00K
MACKSVILLE	STAFFORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	22:34	CST-6	Tornado	EF3	1	0	0.00K	0.00K
LARNED	PAWNEE CO.	KS	05/04/2007	23:05	CST-6	Hail	1.00 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
HUDSON	STAFFORD CO.	KS	05/04/2007	23:28	CST-6	Tornado	EF1	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
OTIS	RUSH CO.	KS	05/05/2007	23:00	CST-6	Hail	0.75 in.	0	0	0.00K	0.00K
Totals:								13	66	251.500M	0.00K