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F2 tornado in Ford County, Kansas

Tornado May 7, 2002 · Ford County, Kansas

F2
Rating
5.9 mi
Whole path
300 yd
Path width
$150K
Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 first tornado of the afternoon came close to striking a farm that was plowing his field. His tractor was running low on fuel and just made it back to shelter as irrigation pipe was flying by. Several pivots were destroyed.

Began near Windthorst (37.7167, -99.6667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Kiowa 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 5300200. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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