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F1 tornado in Kiowa County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Kiowa County, Kansas

F1
Rating
19.6 mi
Whole path
900 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 900 yards (0.51 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 very large tornado moved straight east and entered Pratt county at 1856 CST. At times the circulation was over a mile wide.

Began near Greensburg (37.6500, -99.2500).

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 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 5298618. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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