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EF1 tornado in Hodgeman County, Kansas

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Hodgeman County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

10.7 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$2K

Damage as recorded

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

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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 moved out of Ford county at 834 PM and ended just before a much bigger tornado formed west of Jetmore. Damage was done to power poles.

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 Howell (37.9138, -100.1459).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Hodgeman County EF1 Meade County EF1 Gray County EF0 Meade County EF0 Hamilton County EF0 Ford County EF0 Meade County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 24189. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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