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F0 tornado in Ellsworth County, Kansas

Tornado April 21, 2001 · Ellsworth County, Kansas

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Occurred at I-70/K-14 interchange just south of Ellsworth/Lincoln county line. Although the tornado remained in open country, two sheds were damaged and a few trees were uprooted.

Began near Ellsworth (38.8500, -98.2333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Barton County 1 dead F0 Barton County F0 Ellsworth County F0 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5236507. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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