F4 tornado in Osborne County, Kansas
Tornado May 7, 1993 · Osborne County, Kansas
F4
Rating
8.5 mi
Path length
880 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
$50K
Crop damage
What F4 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F4 meant devastating damage: well-built houses levelled; the scale paired it with winds of 207–260 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 tornado moved into Osborne county from Russell county where it had caused significant damage, injuries and 1 death. The tornado dissipated in open country after hitting only one farmstead in Osborne county. (see Russell county for additional information)
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10326184. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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