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F2 tornado in Ellis County, Kansas

Tornado April 10, 2001 · Ellis County, Kansas

Rating

19.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$150K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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 tornado moved in from Trego county at 2209 and moved into Rooks county at 2238. It took out 50 power poles in Ellis county and damaged 13 farms. Roofs were removed on several homes and there was extensive damage done to several outbuildings and trailers. Two semis were overturned on I-70 west of Ellis causing several minor injuries. Reports of the infamous "roar" were noted in the Ellis community.

Began near Ellis (37.8500, -99.5000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5242013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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