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EF1 tornado in Chase County, Kansas

Tornado April 19, 2023 · Chase County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

This is the first tornado which a storm survey revealed that an outbuilding was thrown 250 yards. Additional outbuildings were collapsed on site. The roof of a silo was removed from the top, and walls at the base were pushed in. This was rated an EF1 tornado.

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 Cedar Pt (38.3203, -96.7362).

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 1089735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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