Dropping from the sky without warning, a tornado blasted through a section of southwest Lawrence in the early evening hours, killing a 30-year-old Lawrence man and injuring about 35 people. Overall damage eventually was estimated at about $20 million. The funnel focused on 31st and Iowa, ripping through the Gaslight Village mobile home park and damaging or destroying at least 15 houses and a number of businesses. The south end of the Kmart store at 31st and Iowa demolished and falling debris killed Stanley Pittman.