On April 26, 1991 55 tornadoes touched down in 5 states across Tornado Alley. In today's episode, I cover the only F-5 of the outbreak that impacted Haysville and Andover, suburbs of Wichita, KS. I also talk about an F-4 tornado that hit Cowley County on the same day, which I remember, as it passed just a few miles from where my family was in shelter. I recall the aftermath of that from my personal memories, although I was not quite 5 years old. 

Below I will share links to videos and articles I reference in the episode. Any mistakes are my own, and I look forward to possibly doing a second episode on this storm with some more personal stories as well as any information I can find on the victims that shed some light on who they were. I chose to read their names for several reasons. One reason being that I don't want them to be forgotten. This storm did massive damage at about half a billion dollars in today's money, but it also took fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, and children who are still missed by their families today. And it's not my intention to use them for any type of personal gain, my intention is simply to recall the very human element of this disaster. 

For links to information and videos regarding this storm, please see the list below. 

The Fujita Scale used in today's episode can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujita_scale

A timeline of this storm can be found at the Wichita National Weather Service office's page here: https://www.weather.gov/ict/AndoverTimeline

Wikipedia Article Outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover_tornado_outbreak

Jon Davies' video of this tornado:https://youtu.be/kdNImASqseM

McConnell AFB:Todd Cravett's videohttps://youtu.be/5QK0VA_P83A

Longer versionhttps://youtu.be/qvS0BEWSbig

Duke Evans videohttps://youtu.be/s_D4TyZxHO0

Overpass video long version: https://youtu.be/pwoOS_HMY40

Video of Cowley Tornadohttps://youtu.be/MVpyLKJVmjs

KWCH 30 Year Retrospect https://www.kwch.com/2021/04/27/survivors-witnesses-look-back-30-years-to-andover-tornado/

Ksn deadliest stormhttps://youtu.be/pvF9L7KiIwA

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Thanks for listening, and catch us next time, as I talk about Hurricane Ike in 2008.

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