A damage assessment team from The National Weather Service office in Topeka has rated the tornado that struck Manhattan as an EF4, with winds between 166 and 200 miles an hour.
The tornado was 1/4-mile wide at its strongest point at the intersection of Peachtree Circle and Amherst Avenue, the weather service reported. The tornado touched down at 10:48 p.m. southwest of the city, churned northeast through the city and lifted on the northeast edge of town at 11:03 p.m.
Remarkably, no serious injuries were reported in Manhattan.
