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EF0 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado June 15, 2009 · Edwards County, Kansas

EF0
Rating
6.6 mi
Whole path
100 yd
Path width
$1.5M
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Edwards County → Edwards County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 report was through storm chasers, spotters and a ground survey. There were some power lines that were blown down and minor tree damage but there really was nothing else to strike.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms broke out in the afternoon heat and became quite intense by evening producing large hail, high winds and tornadoes.

Began near Kinsley Muni Arpt (37.8834, -99.3916).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Edwards CountyEF1 Ford CountyEF1 Stafford CountyEF1 Edwards CountyEF0 Ford CountyEF0 Edwards County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 186159. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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