Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007
From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States. The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of such intensity since the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. The supercell killed 13 people, including 11 in Greensburg and two from separate tornadoes. At least 60 people were injured in Greensburg alone. It was the strongest tornado of an outbreak which included several other tornadoes reported across Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and South Dakota that occurred on the same night.
Satellite perspective of the tornadic supercells over the Great Plains on the evening of May 5
The center of Greensburg, Kansas, 12 days after being hit by the 2007 tornado.
The destroyed Greensburg High School after the tornado.
Flooding on the 102 River at Maryville, Missouri. The river is normally about the size of a creek and is on the extreme right of the photo
Greensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of the city was 740. It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well.
Big Well Museum and Water Tower (2013)
City center, twelve days after the tornado struck (2007)
Big Well Museum & Visitor Info Center
Marine One, carrying President George W. Bush, flies over the damaged city five days after the tornado.
