F1 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado March 23, 2000 · Edwards County, Kansas

Rating

12.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado entered the county from Kiowa county where it began at 402 PM. The tornado destroyed a center pivot sprinkler 5 miles south of Centerview and another 2.5 northeast of Centerview. Power poles were brought down 4 miles southeast of Centerview.

Began near Lewis (37.7333, -99.2500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Edwards County F0 Kiowa County F0 Stafford County F0 Stafford County F0 Stafford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5137338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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