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EF0 tornado in Osage County, Kansas

Tornado May 19, 2024 · Osage County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

0.7 mi

Path length

40 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

Survey revealed tree and tree limb damage in a field. The tornado may have developed just northwest of a structure where some wind damage was noted however this location appeared to have been east of the actual circulation so it may have been enhanced downdraft winds on the east flank of the tornado that did that minor damage. Radar also showed a CC minimum or a debris signature with this circulation.

The wider storm

Another severe weather episode pounded northeast Kansas during the evening of May 19th. At least 2 small tornadoes also occurred with more widespread damaging winds and large hail reports also received.

Began near Burlingame (38.8332, -95.8409).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Shawnee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1168010. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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