Tornado in Kansas tonight

[kansasdad]

The forecast called for damaging hail and the possibility of tornadoes. They were correct. For the first time in several years the sirens going off were not for a drill.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1520216257500532737

My youngest took this picture from the backside of the storm



And this picture was from her in-laws backyard.




In the video link above, the tornado seems to be hitting an apartment complex, and from there, it went on to a “direct hit” on the Andover YMCA.

Mrs kansasdad commented that this was an extremely short notice warning from siren to actual touchdown.

Another friend was out to dinner, and he said that every cellphone in the joint all rang the alarm simultaneously

 

[kansasdad]

YMCA screenshot from news channel:

 

[Jofes]

From 77 just south of Augusta before it hit Andover

 

[Knight.54]

Scary stuff, I hope everybody’s OK

 

[Gellar]

Those are fantastic photos of a very scary tornado. I hope everyone is ok.

 

[JLDemo]

Watched this storm develop from just south of Wichita as it moved east. So far just structure damage in Andover, thankfully at this point no reported injuries.

This is the first time my boy has had the experience of a tornado siren and actually heading to the basement. On the way down he repeatedly said he wants to move back to Wyoming.

 

[kansasdad]

Crossing the main east/west highway (400) that divides suburban Andover and then further west Wichita into north side and south side (posted by long time HuntTalk member @Southwind);

https://www.facebook.com/1003648507/posts/10224993850165814

Heading into more open country:

https://www.facebook.com/1570353013/posts/10224180680895981

A video shot from a small runway community northeast of town:

https://www.facebook.com/1421271273/posts/10228589040297241

 

[kansasdad]

Some random thoughts about last night: Boy Scout motto: BE PREPARED


I had both cars full of gas in case this was gonna be a "big one", as I've had the experience of trying to buy gas when a whole town was out of electricity following a storm outage.

Flashlights were ready to go downstairs with us when we went. I even had recharging units fully charged and ready to go for our phones/iPad. In our basement we have a battery backup for the wifi/cable tv modem which allowed us to continue on wifi even after the electricity went out.

I made sure that I was wearing some good tough shoes as we went downstairs. Way too many videos of storm aftermath with people in flimsy shoes, or worse, barefoot, crawling through debris.

The base of the cloud that had the tornado seemed to be higher off the ground compared with most tornadoes.

 

[kansasdad]

We are trying to gather damage reports... - Michael Schwanke

We are trying to gather damage reports in and around the Andover area. Video credit Josh Wells.

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Local news channel footage.

 

[Rhcuam]

I’ve lived in Kansas my whole life I’m still just in awe of tornados.

 

[JCS]

I'll be driving thru Kansas in a few days, I hope I DONT see anything but clear skys

 

[longbow51]

Wow, thanks for posting. Talking to our daughter in Manhattan last evening, and she, said, Dad, we better go, sky looking pretty green.

 

[ashersdad]

Crazy stuff. Glad you and your family are ok. Good reminder on being prepared.

 

[MO Betta]

Glad to see that there are no injuries reported. I worked as a pharm tech over at the Dillon's there for about a year, was a pretty nice area.

 

[kansasdad]

An employees sister in law home after the storm passed

 

[kansasdad]

Early morning drone footage.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=525622735642696

Fortunately no deaths or major injuries. 100+ homes/business/school sustaining damage.

 

[Dave N]

Storms rolled past our place and headed through Chicago now. @nick87 doing OK up there?

 

[Nick87]

Storms rolled past our place and headed through Chicago now. @nick87 doing OK up there?

Yah buddy, a little thunder and a little rain for maybe 25 minutes kinda split around us. Another wave on its way but it's moving through pretty fast. All good down yonder way?

 

[Dave N]

Yah buddy, a little thunder and a little rain for maybe 25 minutes kinda split around us. Another wave on its way but it's moving through pretty fast. All good down yonder way?

Yup, no worries!

 

[BackofBeyond]

Checked in with my cousin in Wichita. She/hubs live in the other side of town, little bit of hail damage, his folks didn’t get off so lucky.