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EF0 tornado in Marion County, Kansas

Tornado April 29, 2022 · Marion County, Kansas

EF0
Rating
0.2 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 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

There was a brief touchdown in an open field.

The wider storm

A powerful low pressure system approached Kansas on Friday April 29th allowing a sharp dryline to track generally along Interstate 135. Storms first developed across central and northeast Kansas near the warm front, but as the early evening hours continued, a couple of storms fired just east of Wichita. One of these storms produced a strong tornado across the east side of Andover, causing extensive damage. This tornado was eventually rated an EF-3. A total of 6 more tornadoes were produced by other storms across portions of central Kansas all the while, blowing dust was proving to be a major hindrance behind the frontal boundary.

Began near Hillsboro (38.3640, -97.2239).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Sedgwick CountyEF1 Butler CountyEF1 Marion CountyEF1 Marion CountyEF1 Greenwood CountyEF0 Marion CountyEFU Harvey CountyEFU Butler County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1024491. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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