UPDATE: Early reports are declaring the tornado that was to the southwest of Salina, near Kanopolis Lake, to be an EF-4 tornado.

The tornado that dropped down on the other side of Salina, in NE Saline/SE Ottawa/NW Dickinson is reported to have been an EF-1 (EF-4 tornadoes have estimated wind speeds between 166 and 200 miles per hour).

ORIGINAL: Over 50 tornadoes were reported across Kansas and two of those narrowly missed the city of Salina.

The tornadoes did cause damage northeast of Salina, in New Cambria, and the Niles area, but no injuries have been reported. A full damage report is expected from Saline County Officials early this week.

To the southwest, a home was destroyed in Marquette and near Lyons outbuildings were damaged.

Kansas Emergency Management spokeswoman Sharon Watson said that in Rice County, inmates had to be transferred after the jail was damaged. And downed power lines closed roads and highways in several central and western counties.

In Sedgwick County, officials say damages could be as high as $283 million after a tornado hit the southeast part of Wichita.

The storm that struck late Saturday night caused damage to a mobile home park and McConnell Air Force Base. A Boeing Co. spokesman says the Wichita plant took a “direct hit.” Emergency management officials said that at nearby Spirit AeroSystems, most buildings were damaged. Flash flooding and fires also were reported.

Sedgwick County was one about a dozen counties where homes were damaged or destroyed from a powerful storm system that generated numerous tornadoes.

Tornado Northeast of Salina: