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F2 tornado in Ford County, Kansas

Tornado April 10, 2001 · Ford County, Kansas

Rating

17.3 mi

Path length

380 yd

Path width

$190K

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 F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

A mobile home was completely demolished. Ironically, the occupants were not at home, only because the school activity bus was late. Another trailer nearby received moderate damage. Two pivot sprinklers were destroyed and there was other scattered minor damage along the path of the tornado.

Began near Howell (37.9833, -101.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Ford County F2 Ellis County F1 Ford County F1 Kearny County F1 Trego County F0 Edwards County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5241761. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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