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EF1 tornado in Finney County, Kansas

Tornado March 24, 2024 · Finney County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

2.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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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

Damage to roofs, power lines and fences, in the Wilson Addition residential area.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed in the afternoon, with hail of up to one and one half inch in diameter.

A tornado developed on the southeast side of Garden City near the Dairy Farmers of America plant, tracking to the north while producing high-end EF-0 to low-end EF-1 damage. Primary damage indicators were residential houses with roof/siding damage, along with some businesses with roof/siding damage. The tornado dissipated

on the northeast side of Garden City by the high school.

Began near Garden City (37.9570, -100.8358).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167231. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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