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F2 tornado in Cheyenne County, Kansas

Tornado June 7, 1994 · Cheyenne County, Kansas

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

800 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 800 yards (0.45 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado moved south southeast at 20 mph. Several pivot irrigation rigs were destroyed. Two grain bins and a barn were destroyed and a quonset building door was torn off. One large feedlot, farm home, and outbuildings were damaged and utility poles destroyed. Estimated damage around $600,000.

Began near St. Francis (39.6800, -101.8000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10324154. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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