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Severe weather in the Plains

Mon May 26 2008 @ 16:44 EDT

Severe weather has been affecting the Central Plains over the past 5 days. Last Thursday, a large tornado tore a 35-mile long damage path through Weld County, Colorado, which is just East of Fort Collins, Colorado. The National Weather Service office in Denver states: "Preliminary findings suggest the tornado that struck the Windsor area produced EF2 and EF3 Damage. Approximately 150 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed. There was one fatality at the Missile Silo Campground, which is eight miles to the west of Greeley. In addition, there were numerous injuries."

On both Thursday and Friday, numerous tornadoes were reported in Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. 13 tornadoes alone were reported in the Tri-State (Colorado-Kansas-Nebraska) area. The strongest tornado was an EF4 (second strongest tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale) three miles southwest of Quinter, Kansas.

Over the weekend, the storm system moved Northeast and spawned several large tornadoes in Iowa and Minnesota. In Parkersburg, Iowa, a small town in the Northeast corner of the state, a mile-wide tornado tore through the area and damaged over one-third of Parkersburg. 6 people were killed and 72 injured by this tornado. The damage appears to be consistent with an EF4 tornado. More information is available from the Des Moines Register.

Further severe weather is already occurring on Memorial Day as the weather system progresses East into the Midwest. Return to weatherUSA for the latest information.

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