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EF0 tornado in Ford County, Kansas

Tornado April 30, 2012 · Ford County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Although a wall cloud and eventual funnel cloud existed for a while, there was only very brief contact with the ground at this time.

The wider storm

A warm front lifting north was the focus for severe weather development during the afternoon. An upper level jet streak helped in creating the lift and speed shear to produce severe weather.

Began near (ddc)dodge City Arpt (37.8839, -100.0565).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Comanche County EF0 Edwards County EF0 Kiowa County EF0 Kiowa County EF0 Clark County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 380721. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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