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EF1 tornado in Gray County, Kansas

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Gray County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
10.4 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
$160K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 damage several Pivot irrigation sprinklers, sheds, barns, garages, trees and a corral.

The wider storm

Major tornado outbreak and severe weather swept across parts of western Kansas. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities despite major destruction.

Began near Ensign (37.6741, -100.2502).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Hodgeman CountyEF1 Meade CountyEF1 Ford CountyEF0 Meade CountyEF0 Hamilton CountyEF0 Ford CountyEF0 Meade County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 24184. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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