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F3 tornado in Kiowa County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Kiowa County, Kansas

F3
Rating
10.0 mi
Path length
600 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$800K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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 slowly east/northeast at first and then turned south/southeast striking two farms. One person was thrown from the house and into the yard.

Began near Mullinville (37.6833, -99.4833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Ford CountyF3 Ford CountyF2 Kiowa CountyF2 Pratt CountyF1 Kiowa 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 5298617. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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