…..today in Kansas, and it covers much the same area as Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center reports “another very favorable scenario for significant severe thunderstorms over parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, with the risk of strong tornadoes, very large hail and damaging winds.”
Preliminary reports collected by the Goodland branch of the National Weather Service indicate nine tornadoes touched down in northwest Kansas last night. Some of those tornadoes were merely brief touchdowns, but several stayed on the ground for about 40 miles. Photos of some of the tornadoes are posted on the weather service’s Goodland Web site. Scroll down a bit to see them.
The longest-lasting tornado developed at around 5:15 p.m. near Selden and dissipated an hour later in northern Decatur County. Five homes in Decatur County and the feedlot north of Oberlin were damaged. Homes were also damaged in Sheridan County - one northwest of Selden and another northwest of Hoxie. Sheds and a barn were damaged in northern Gove County.
Thankfully, no injuries or deaths were reported from these tornadoes. A team of meteorologists is assessing storm damage in the region this morning.