EF1 tornado in McPherson County, Kansas

Tornado April 14, 2012 · McPherson County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

7.6 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 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

The tornado moved through a farmstead and damaged all farm outbuildings. Many of the buildings were completely destroyed. The tornado continued on and caused more damage to a homes roof and a barn.

The wider storm

A significant severe weather outbreak with several damaging long track tornadoes occurred. The strongest tornado moved through portions of central Kansas and produced EF-4 damage at one home stead. Two other tornadoes touched down producing EF-3 damage in south central Kansas.

Began near Moundridge (38.2000, -97.4740).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 366409. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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