Science The Tonganoxie Split - Page 4

**gblowfish** · 10:13 AM

I was talking to one of my customers today that lives in Valley Center, KS outside Wichita. He was telling me most of the heavy storms that head that way split, and the bad stuff either goes just North, or swings around to the south down by Andover.

West of KC there's a phenomenon I've been aware of since I was a kid called the "Tonganoxie Split." Same kind of deal. When a bad line of storms approaches KC, it tends to split in two, with the really bad stuff going just north or just south of the Metro.

Have you heard of that term, and what do you think? Is it a real thing? I believe it is!

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BWillie · 05-06-2022, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hark Clunt

I don't really understand the narrative that storms miss KC. I think what people mean by that is "big tornadoes", but the KC metro has had some hits over the years. You'll only see a huge tornado in the KC metro maybe once every 20-30 years. Even then, those kind of tornadoes are only about a mile wide and it's just weather roulette to see which neighborhoods get smacked.

EF0 and EF1s (which are like 90% of all tornados really dont matter). They arent really even that dangerous but KC has avoided EF3+ for many decades. It's really been something. Maybe just luck but I imagine it has something to do with the topography.

Fishpicker · 05-06-2022, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by threebag02

I have always heard that rivers and waterways contribute to paths tornados take. Don’t know if it’s true or not but seems to work around my area.

this is true... Junction City is very tornado resistant. So is Fort Riley. they're both built very close to river junctions (Kansas R./Smoky Hill R.) Manhattan has some of that advantage too. it is somewhat protected by the Kansas R./Big Blue R. junction.

they are not tornado proof though. a tornado coming from the northwest *could* **** up any of those locations.

sedated · 05-06-2022, 12:26 PM

Hmm, they are literally talking about this in 810AM

Either the people on that show are on this board or they at least read it.

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