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EF1 tornado in Kiowa County, Kansas

Tornado June 4, 2013 · Kiowa County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$18K

Damage as recorded

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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 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 detached garage was destroyed and thrown northwest by a small tornado that developed on the leading edge of the squall line.

The wider storm

Abundant low level moisture was transported westward behind a cold front and then an approaching short wave trough helped to initiate thunderstorms and move them across the region.

Began near Mullinville (37.5245, -99.4956).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Kearny County EF0 Kiowa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 464772. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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