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F1 tornado in Kearny County, Kansas

Tornado April 10, 2001 · Kearny County, Kansas

F1
Rating
5.1 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded
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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 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

Two pivot spinklers were damaged, a 24 x 36 foot shed was blown down and 30 homes had minor roof damage.

Began near Deerfield (38.3833, -100.9167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5241660. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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