The video shows the twister interrupting or near a residential community in the eastern suburbs of Wichita as sirens sounded.
Many cars were dragged to the ground and pushed onto the Andover YMCA where heavy damage has been reported. No injuries were reported in the tornado as workers and members found shelter, according to the Greater Wichita YMCA.
The tornado approached from the southwest where a neighborhood is located. More than a dozen homes have been destroyed in the area, according to the Wichita Eagle. A Wichita Eagle reporter reported damage to the roofs of several nearby homes.
Local police said many major intersections were closed due to debris and damaged power lines. Sedgwick County has declared a state of emergency to help facilitate state aid, according to KAKE.com.
Oral emergency statement in Sedgwick County. Emergency Business Center and the Local Emergency Business Plan. This statement will help facilitate state aid.
Several storm hunters followed the tornado as it moved northeast of the city as radar confirmed the tornado.
In separate storms swept through the tornado, Andover also received a golf ball-sized hailstorm at 9:30 p.m. local time.
Unfortunately, Andover is no stranger to powerful tornadoes.
Andover was hit by an F5 tornado in April 1991. This tornado killed 13 people in a mobile home park plus 4 other people and caused $ 300 million in damage. It also injured more than 200 people.
Several other tornadoes have also hit Nebraska and Kansas as a large system of storms sweeps east from the central Rocky Mountains to the Midwest.
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