EF1 tornado in Hodgeman County, Kansas

Tornado April 14, 2012 · Hodgeman County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

33.7 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This tornado moved into the county from Ford county at 1410 CDT and moved northeast before turning north and then northwest as it dissipated. Damage was done to trees, a few outbuildings and a pivot irrigation sprinkler.

The wider storm

A vigorous upper level system combined with copious moisture and an advancing warm front to produce widespread thunderstorms, some producing tornadoes.

Began near Jetmore Muni Arpt (37.9135, -99.8681).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF3 Kiowa County EF1 Pawnee County EF1 Rush County EF1 Clark County EF1 Edwards County EF1 Comanche County EF1 Stafford County EF1 Stafford County EF1 Stafford County EF1 Pawnee County EF0 Pratt County EF0 Pratt County EF0 Rush County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 380673. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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