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EF0 tornado in Stafford County, Kansas

Tornado May 11, 2014 · Stafford County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

3.4 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado moved over open areas and did no apparent damage.

The wider storm

A strong jet streak moved out across the plains and helped lift a very unstable airmass in place. Storms were along the dry line and also discrete cells ahead of the dry line.

Began near Hudson (38.1762, -98.5622).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Pawnee County EF0 Edwards County EF0 Pratt County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 529211. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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