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EF0 tornado in Haskell County, Kansas

Tornado June 14, 2009 · Haskell County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

3.3 mi

Path length

125 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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

This tornado was witnessed by spotters, chasers and the public as it moved east across open fields. There was minor damage done to a shed that was just south of the tornado.

The wider storm

Another disturbance moving across an unstable atmosphere generated severe thunderstorms once again.

Began near Satanta Muni Arpt (37.5430, -101.0180).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Haskell County EF1 Haskell County EF1 Comanche County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 185990. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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