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F0 tornado in Republic County, Kansas

Tornado June 13, 2001 · Republic County, Kansas

Rating

5.5 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

$45K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Republic County → Thayer County, Nebraska; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A tornado formed southwest of Narka and moved northeast doing some damage to the community of Narka before crossing 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 Narka (39.9500, -97.4500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Republic County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5249335. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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