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F1 tornado in Republic County, Kansas

Tornado June 13, 2001 · Republic County, Kansas

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

300 yd

Path width

$120K

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 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

A tornado formed just north of Munden and moved northeast doing considerable damage to several farmsteads before moving into Nebraska.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed over north central kansas and became severe producing large hail strong winds and 2 tornadoes (discussed separately).

Began near Munden (39.9333, -97.5000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F0 Republic County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5249334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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