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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
612 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2026
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1992, THE SECOND OF A TWO DAY OUTBREAK OF 123
TORNADOES OCCURRED. OF THE 65 TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED ON
THE 16TH TWO WERE VIOLENT. THE MOST VIOLENT OF ALL WAS
AN F5 THAT TORE THROUGH CHANDLER MINNESOTA ON THE 16TH.
IT CAUSED AROUND $50 MILLION DAMAGE, KILLED ONE AND
INJURED 40. THE MASSIVE VORTEX HAD A PATH 16 MILES LONG
AND REACHED THREE FOURTHS OF A MILE WIDE. IN ALL, THE
TORNADOES FROM THE 15TH AND 16TH CAUSED $242 MILLION
DAMAGE. AT THE TIME, IT WAS THE THIRD LARGEST TORNADO
OUTBREAK ON RECORD SPANNING A TWO DAY PERIOD. IN 1987,
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A 96 MPH GUST
AT VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA, AS WELL AS BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL NEAR RED OAK IOWA. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE WAS NOT
REPORTED. PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST MELTED IN AROUND
105 DEGREE HEAT AS LINCOLN NEBRASKA SOARED TO 104
DEGREES.
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