EF1 tornado in Marion County, Kansas

Tornado April 14, 2012 · Marion County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

16.4 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marion County → Morris 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

A barn was destroyed, trees uprooted and snapped, bolted down garage blown away, windows blown in on 2 sides south of Pilsen.

Near Lost Springs, trees were uprooted, windows blown in, a concrete grain elevator was destroyed, and out buildings were destroyed.

This tornado moved into Morris County which is NWS Topeka's warning responsibility.

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 Marion Res (38.4240, -97.1340).

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 366414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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