It was a wild weekend of weather for Southeastern Kansas and Northeastern Oklahoma. United States Department of Agricultural Meteorologist Brad Rippey says there was a streak of tornadoes that impacted states in the nation's mid-section over a four day period.

Rippey says for the most part it had been a quiet start to 2024.  On Friday and Saturday, there was a combined 52 tornado warnings sent out by the National Weather Service for Elk, Chautauqua, Wilson, Neosho, Montgomery and Labette Counties in Kansas and Kay, Osage, Rogers and Craig Counties in Oklahoma. 42 of those warnings came on Saturday.