F1 tornado in Pratt County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Pratt County, Kansas

Rating

7.7 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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 developed from the occluding storm north of Cullison. It turned sharply south, or right of the mean flow.

Began near Cullison (37.6500, -98.9667).

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 Kiowa 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 5298621. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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