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EF1 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado June 15, 2009 · Edwards County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
6.6 mi
Whole path
125 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 125 yards (0.07 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 tornado turned over 4 pivot irrigation sprinklers and destroyed two 80,000 bushel grain bins. In addition a 500,000 bushel bin was heavily damaged. One of the 80k bins traveled nearly a mile. There was extensive rear flank downdraft damage in the vicinity of this tornado.

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 Hodges (37.8359, -99.3733).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 186160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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