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F2 tornado in Pratt County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Pratt County, Kansas

F2
Rating
22.0 mi
Path length
1,800 yd
Path width
$20.0M
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,800 yards (1.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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 southeast across much of Pratt. Damage was rated a STRONG F2. There were 14 homes destroyed, 15 with major damage and 230 with minor damage. Over 50 Pivot sprinklers were damaged or destroyed. Despite the very heavy damage, there were no injuries thanks in part to adequate warnings.

Began near Pratt (37.7000, -98.8000).

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 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 5298622. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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