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EF0 tornado in Dickinson County, Kansas

Tornado April 29, 2022 · Dickinson County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

1.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm chaser video showed a small dust whirl under a funnel cloud. The debris whirl didn't last long while the parent funnel continued on to the northeast. Based upon the video of the debris near the ground it appears a weak tornado was on the ground for a short period in this location.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across much of central and northeast Kansas during the late afternoon and evening of April 29th. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds and 5 confirmed tornadoes. All of the tornadoes were rated EF0 or EF1.

Began near Dillon (38.7500, -97.1900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Dickinson County EF1 Dickinson County EF1 Pottawatomie County EF1 Jackson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1012438. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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