EF1 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado June 15, 2009 · Edwards County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

11.6 mi

Whole path

870 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 870 yards (0.49 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 was a multiple vortex tornado that moved into Stafford county at 609 PM CDT. In Edwards county it damaged trees, a trailer, power poles and a pivot irrigation sprinkler. It started moving northeast before turning east as it neared the county line.

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 Belpre (37.9023, -99.0685).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Ford County EF1 Edwards County EF1 Stafford County EF1 Edwards County EF0 Ford County EF0 Edwards County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 186174. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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