Tornado-Warned Storms Sweep Through Southwest Kansas
A line of strong thunderstorms carrying high winds and possible tornados moved through southwest Kansas on Sunday evening, February 26, the National Weather Service said.
Footage by Twitter user @JakeSylveon shows lightning and a fast-moving cloud rotation near the town of Sublette, the weather service said.
A severe storm warning was issued for Sublette, while tornado warnings were issued for nearby areas, including Cimarron and Meade. Credit: @JakeSylveon via Storyful
Video transcript
- Holy cow. What the frick is happening?
- What in the world that? Is it past or is it in town now? That's a down burst like crazy.
- It's a tornado.
- It may be a tornado, but that is definitely a down burst. Oh!
- Gosh.
- The lightning.
- There is insane lightning right now.
- Yeah, we're not driving into that. Just telling you. [CHUCKLES]
- Because that looks like a tornado.
- We're sitting up here north of town. We were going to drive right into that. I don't know if it's hail or wind. Yeah, make sure you get the-- it looks like a tornado. It's definitely very strong winds.
- Dang.
- Wow. That was bad. OK, we'll be there here in a few minutes, but we're watching that pass. Stay in the basement. Love you. Bye.
- I don't even know what that is. It looks like a frigging tornado.
- Oh, but that's something for you to send in to--
- Oh, my gosh.
- I'm not sure that's not a tornado. I think it's just a massive downburst though. Look at the lightning following it. That may be a tornado, Jacob.
- I'm not sure. I mean, look at the rotation up here. There's a wall cloud right there.
- Oh, my gosh. Yeah. What in the world? I'm not exactly sure what the heck has happening. Dang, that's scary. And we about drove into whatever the heck that is.
- Glad we were a little bit late getting into it.
- Everyone's texting me now.
- Who?
- Skyler, Grandma.
- Yeah, cause they're like Jacob, what was that?
- I don't know what is happening. That is not--