Mar 27, 2024

NWS releases additional details on path of Kansas tornado

Posted Mar 27, 2024 12:00 PM
Tornado photo courtesy Millestone Custom Homes
Tornado photo courtesy Millestone Custom Homes

FINNEY COUNTY —Investigators with the National Weather Service on Tuesday released additional information on the Sunday afternoon tornado in Garden City including the damage survey and path of the tornado.I

Image NWS Dodge City
Image NWS Dodge City

Just after 3:30p.m. the tornado developed on the southeast side of  Garden City near the Dairy Farmers of America  plant, tracking to the north while producing  high-end EF-0 to low-end EF-1 damage with 90 mile-per-hour winds.

Primary damage indicators were residential houses with roof, siding damage, along with some businesses with roof, siding damage. The tornado dissipated on the northeast side of Garden City by the high school.

The tornado had a maximum width of 50 yards, traveled two and one-half miles over approximately 25 minutes, according to the National Weather Service.