The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.

The tornado, known as the Greensburg tornado, Greensburg, or GT in later studies, tracked 28.8 miles (46.3 km) through the area, killing eleven and injuring sixty-three others. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale after the retirement of the original Fujita scale in the United States on February 1, 2007.

Greensburg 5 years after May 4, 2007 will remain etched in the minds of many people, not just the citizens of Greensburg Kansas as folks from all over the world helped, in part, the rebuilding of the small western Kansas town.

In May 2007, Greensburg changed forever. An EF-5 tornado tore through our city, taking 10 lives, injuring many more and destroying 95% of the community. Some thought Greensburg was gone forever. But many dug deep to find a pioneering spirit that has helped bring Greensburg back.

Apr 28, 2008 · Never-before-seen footage of the Greensburg, KS EF5 tornado that tore through the southwest Kansas town the night of May 4, 2007. This video shows the deadly tornado touching down well south...

May 4, 2022 · It's been 15 years since a 1.7-mile-wide tornado destroyed nearly the entire town of Greensburg, Kansas. On May 4, 2007, the tornado hit the southwest Kansas town, killing 11 people and injuring 63. The tornado was rated an EF-5 with estimated winds of 205 mph.

May 4, 2007 · GREENSBURG, KS - A large, violent tornado devastated parts of southwest Kansas on Friday, May 4, 2007. The tornado was rated EF5 on the (enhanced) Fujita scale, the first F5 rating in almost exactly 8 years.

May 4, 2007 · According to Bluestein (2009), during the evening of May 4, 2007, a large, powerful tornado devastated Greensburg, KS. The “Greensburg Storm” cyclically produced tornadoes for about 30 minutes before producing a large, long-lived tornado.

Feb 22, 2015 · GREENSBURG, Kan. (KSNW) — On May 4, 2007, Greensburg was hit by an EF-5 tornado that devastated the town, killing 11 people in the town and injuring 63 others.

Greensburg in Kiowa County, Kan., with approximately 1,500 residents, was directly hit by an F5 tornado, on a scale of damage from zero to 5. EPA dispatched several on-scene coordinators (OSCs) to the scene with the response truck and mobile command post Saturday, May 5.