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EF1 tornado in Chase County, Kansas

Tornado April 19, 2023 · Chase County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

4.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Chase County → Chase County → Chase 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

The sixth tornado produced by the supercell tracked across the town of Cottonwood Falls producing EF1 damage, mainly to trees and minor damage to roof structures.

The wider storm

A lone supercell thunderstorm moved from south central Kansas into central Kansas during the afternoon and evening of April 19th, 2023. The cyclic storm produced very large hail up to 4 inches in diameter and numerous tornadoes across Chase county, Kansas. Eight tornadoes formed from the supercell with the strongest producing EF2 damage.

Began near Cottonwood Falls (38.3670, -96.5480).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Chase County EF2 Chase County EF1 Chase County EF0 Chase County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083512. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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