F2 tornado — Nemaha County, Kansas

F2 tornado in Nemaha County, Kansas

Tornado May 6, 1993 · Nemaha County, Kansas

Rating

23.0 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

$50K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 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

The longest track tornado of the day moved southwest to northeast across Nemaha county miraculously producing no deaths or injuries. However significant damage occurred to about 20 different farms or farmsteads and related business, machinery and buildings. The tornado just missed populated areas and remained generally in fields and farm areas. Excessive rain in the days after the storm hampered cleanup. Property damage from the tornado was estimated at $1.1 million. In some areas the tornado was about 1/2 mile wide while in other areas damage was only about 100 yards wide. At times the tornado had multiple vortices.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10326032. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F2 tornado in Nemaha County, Kansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

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