February 1956 tornado outbreak
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February 24, 1956
| F# Fujita scale The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation... |
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| Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... |
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| F0 | E of Colbert | Weber | 1:47 AM | 0.1 mile (0.16 km) | ||
| F1 | NW of Ralts to Barbara | Jamaica | 2:33 AM | 5.3 miles (7.08 km) | ||
| F0 | E of Pepin | Jamaica | 2:40 AM | 0.1 mile (0.16 km) | ||
| F0 | S of Percy | St. Francis, Yuma | 2:53 AM | 8.2 miles (0.16 km) | 1 death | |
February 25, 1956
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|colspan="7" align=center|Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
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|Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
area
|Chariton, Lake
|10:24 AM
|24.6 miles (25.81 km)
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|NNE of Cash
|Marion
Marion County, Kansas
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 12,660. The county seat is Marion...
|10:32 AM
|1.5 miles (2.44 km)
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