EF1 tornado in Morris County, Kansas

Tornado April 19, 2023 · Morris County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

5.2 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Chase County → Morris County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

Results of an NWS damage survey revealed tree damage and damage to a home approximately 3 miles SSW of Dunlap, Kansas. The home had portions of the roof removed and windows broken. This appeared to be the end of the tornado track that moved north out of Chase County. The tornado appears to have crossed from Chase into Morris County around 905pm and ended around 908 pm CDT based on radar data. Based on DOD to DI winds estimated to be around 95 mph.

The wider storm

One tornado was documented that moved north out of Chase county into far southeast Morris County around 905 pm CDT. The tornado did damage to trees and one home before ending around 3 miles south southwest of Dunlap, Kansas. Other storms produced large hail and damaging winds. A second line of severe storms developed after midnight during the early morning hours of April 20th and produced wind damage most concentrated in Clay County in the city of Clay Center.

Began near Dunlap (38.5220, -96.3750).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1082562. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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