F0 tornado in Cherokee County, Kansas

Tornado December 18, 2002 · Cherokee County, Kansas

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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.

The wider storm

Tornado briefly touched down in open farm land.

Began near Columbus (37.1167, -94.9000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5326098. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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