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EF0 tornado in Reno County, Kansas

Tornado February 28, 2012 · Reno County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

1.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

$30K

Damage as recorded

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

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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

The tornado extensively damaged an old barn, flipped over a pickup and a stock trailer, and produced damage to the home's porch. Some tree damage was also noted. The Hutchinson News contributed to this report.

The wider storm

A powerful storm system produced widespread severe weather across portions of central, south-central and southeast Kansas during the evening hours on the 28th. A handful of relatively weak, short-lived tornadoes affected portions of Reno and McPherson counties, producing some light to modest damage. Other portions of the area received locally very intense straight-line winds and large hail, with isolated locations receiving wind speeds ranging from 90 to 110 mph, and hail as large as baseballs. Especially hard hit was the community of Cherryvale in Montgomery county, as well as a large portion of Labette county. A handful of injuries occurred across the area.

Began near Partridge (37.9217, -98.0237).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 McPherson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 359047. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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