It was 20 years ago this week that an outbreak of tornadoes on March 13 1990, including the Hesston Kansas tornado, shook the central plains out of a several-year lull in significant tornado activity.

The Wichita Eagle has an excellent article by Stan Finger on the Hesston tornado at:
http://www.kansas.com/2010/03/07/1213543/1990-tornadoes-increased-awareness.html

Stan also has some photos and discussion on his blog at:
http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/

Later this week, I’ll see if I can get some other review info about this event up on my web site. The Hesston tornado day was certainly one of the big turning points in my meteorological life.

- Jon Davies 3/7/10