Thunderstorm Wind in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 19:05:00 to 07-MAY-02 19:05:00 (CST)
Location: HAVILAND
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A tractor was blown upside down onto a road.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:20:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:27:00 (CST)
Location: KINGSDOWN
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado did not hit anything to receive a rating other than zero.

Tornado in EDWARDS, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:10:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:11:00 (CST)
Location: OFFERLE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado moved west and crossed into Ford county.

Tornado in EDWARDS, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:50:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:50:00 (CST)
Location: OFFERLE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado moved south into Kiowa county.

Tornado in CLARK, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:03:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: MINNEOLA
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado had nothing to hit to be rated.

Tornado in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:50:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:55:00 (CST)
Location: MULLINVILLE
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado moved into the county from Edwards county and eventually merged with another larger tornado that forms at 1751 CST.

Tornado in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:42:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:42:00 (CST)
Location: MULLINVILLE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado moved in from Ford county.

Tornado in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:51:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:12:00 (CST)
Location: MULLINVILLE
Tornado F-scale: F3
Property damage: .8M
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado moved slowly east/northeast at first and then turned south/southeast striking two farms.  One person was thrown from the house and into the yard.

Tornado in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:25:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:56:00 (CST)
Location: GREENSBURG
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This very large tornado moved straight east and entered Pratt county at 1856 CST.  At times the circulation was over a mile wide.

Tornado in PRATT, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:56:00 to 07-MAY-02 19:10:00 (CST)
Location: HOPEWELL
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: .5M
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado moved in from Kiowa county.  No injuries due to adequate warning.

Tornado in PRATT, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:58:00 to 07-MAY-02 19:05:00 (CST)
Location: HOPEWELL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado did not hit anything.

Tornado in PRATT, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 19:14:00 to 07-MAY-02 19:24:00 (CST)
Location: CULLISON
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado developed from the occluding storm north of Cullison.  It turned sharply south, or right of the mean flow.

Tornado in PRATT, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 19:34:00 to 07-MAY-02 20:11:00 (CST)
Location: PRATT
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 20M
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This very large tornado moved southeast across much of Pratt.  Damage was rated a STRONG F2.  There were 14 homes destroyed, 15 with major damage and 230 with minor damage.  Over 50 Pivot sprinklers were damaged or destroyed.  Despite the very heavy damage, there were no injuries thanks in part to adequate warnings.

Thunderstorm Wind in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:30:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:30:00 (CST)
Location: WELLSFORD
Property damage: .5K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Vehicle blown into a ditch.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARBER, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 22:30:00 to 07-MAY-02 22:30:00 (CST)
Location: ISABEL
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A house lost some trim due to high winds.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 16:53:00 to 07-MAY-02 16:57:00 (CST)
Location: WINDTHORST
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 150K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This first tornado of the afternoon came close to striking a farm that was plowing his field.  His tractor was running low on fuel and just made it back to shelter as irrigation pipe was flying by.  Several pivots were destroyed.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 16:58:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:13:00 (CST)
Location: WINDTHORST
Tornado F-scale: F3
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado became quite large as it moved at first to the southwest and then turned southeast.  The tornado completely stripped topsoil from one field and debarked trees at a pond.  Several dozen cattle were killed with several 1500 pound heifers carried 3/4 of a mile.  Two other tornadoes crossed nearly the same location within an hour, which may have contributed to the scouring of the topsoil.

Hail in CLARK, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 20:10:00 to 07-MAY-02 20:10:00 (CST)
Location: ASHLAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

The hail covered the ground.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:11:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:13:00 (CST)
Location: WINDTHORST
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado moved west, crossing into the county from Edwards county at 611 PM CDT.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:40:00 to 07-MAY-02 17:42:00 (CST)
Location: WINDTHORST
Tornado F-scale: F1
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado damaged trees along the river and moved into Kiowa county.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 17:47:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:11:00 (CST)
Location: WINDTHORST
Tornado F-scale: F3
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

This tornado which developed in the same general tornadoes earlier, moved southwest and then finally turned south and southeast. It grew very large and at one time was 1 mile wide.  Extreme damage was done to trees and irrigation pipe.

Tornado in FORD, KANSAS
From 07-MAY-02 18:00:00 to 07-MAY-02 18:03:00 (CST)
Location: BLOOM
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

This tornado crossed slowly into northern Clark county.