Cowley County tornadoes

Storm chaser Roger Hill, whom I met several years ago when Eagle photographer Travis Heying and I chronicled a storm chase tour, sent me two photos of brief tornadoes that touched down in Cowley County not far from Arkansas City on March 23. They were two of 17 tornadoes reported around the Midwest that day.

1march23tornado

Five tornadoes were reported in Kansas, including two near Geuda Springs – though I suspect those two reports are of the same tornado at different points of its brief existence.

Five more tornadoes were reported in Nebraska, including two that injured a total of eight people. Four tornadoes touched down in Iowa, two in Oklahoma and one in South Dakota.

2march23tornado

One Comment

  1. vpete
    Posted April 6, 2009 at 9:21 am | Permalink

    Great pictures