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EF0 tornado in Gray County, Kansas

Tornado May 24, 2011 · Gray County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

0.4 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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 was a brief and weak tornado.

The wider storm

A vigorous upper level disturbance, jet streak dynamics and a strong dry line combined to produce numerous rotating thunderstorms. Large hail, flooding rains, and tornadoes were observed.

Began near Ingalls Muni Arpt (37.9230, -100.5430).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Stafford County 2 dead EF1 Pawnee County EF0 Haskell County EF0 Finney County EF0 Rush County EF0 Rush County EF0 Rush County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 328689. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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