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EF0 tornado in Rush County, Kansas

Tornado May 24, 2011 · Rush County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

6.2 mi

Path length

1,200 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,200 yards (0.68 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 large tornado developed very near Timken and appeared to be a multi-vortex tornado. Storm chasers said it moved slowly at first as it grew very large and then picked up speed as it dissipated north of the highway. Due to the vast amount of flooding in the area, there may have been damage greater that high-end EF1, or at least capable based on eye witness reports.

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 Timken (38.4739, -99.1495).

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 Gray County EF0 Finney County EF0 Rush County EF0 Rush County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 328729. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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