F0 tornado in Kiowa County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Kiowa County, Kansas

Rating

1.7 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Ford County → Kiowa County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

This tornado moved in from Ford county.

Began near Mullinville (37.6833, -99.6167).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Kiowa County F3 Ford County F3 Ford County F2 Kiowa County F2 Pratt County F1 Kiowa County F1 Pratt County F1 Ford County F0 Ford County F0 Edwards County F0 Edwards County F0 Clark County F0 Pratt County F0 Ford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5298616. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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