F0 tornado in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Tornado April 21, 2001 · Ellsworth County, Kansas
F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
55 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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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
Brief touchdown in open country.
Began near Ellsworth (38.6667, -98.3333).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5236234. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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