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F1 tornado in Kiowa County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Kiowa County, Kansas

F1
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

This tornado moved into the county from Edwards county and eventually merged with another larger tornado that forms at 1751 CST.

Began near Mullinville (37.7333, -99.4833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Kiowa CountyF3 Ford CountyF3 Ford CountyF2 Kiowa CountyF2 Pratt CountyF1 Kiowa CountyF1 Pratt CountyF1 Ford CountyF0 Ford CountyF0 Edwards CountyF0 Edwards CountyF0 Clark CountyF0 Pratt CountyF0 Ford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5298615. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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