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In 1990, 19 tornadoes roared across parts of South Central and Central Kansas. Two were violent F5s. The largest and most damaging was what would become known as the "Hesston Tornado" in Harvey County. The tornado actually developed in Reno County, just south of Pretty Prairie, late in the afternoon. The twister quickly strengthened to an F5 as it neared Hesston. It traveled northeast for 48 miles, striking the west side of Hesston. The tornado killed one and injured 60. Just as the "Hesston Tornado" began to weaken, the second F5 tornado developed rapidly. Ingesting the first tornado as it weakened further, the vicious vortex tracked 22 miles from one mile north of Hesston, across extreme southeast McPherson County, then into southwest Marion County. The tornado killed one before it dissipated near Marion Lake.

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