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EF0 tornado in Kingman County, Kansas

Tornado May 19, 2012 · Kingman County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

1.4 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

A rope tornado moved across open country.

The wider storm

A significant tornado outbreak occurred across portions of Kingman and Harper counties. In all, nine tornadoes touched down on this day, the strongest being rated as and EF-3. Many other counties experienced large hail and strong winds.

Began near Zenda (37.4300, -98.2400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Harper County EF3 Harper County EF1 Kingman County EF0 Kingman County EF0 Kingman County EF0 Kingman County EF0 Kingman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 372100. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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