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F1 tornado in Butler County, Kansas

Tornado May 8, 2003 · Butler County, Kansas

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$60K

Damage as recorded

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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 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

Farmstead damaged. Details courtesy of Jim Schmidt, Butler County Emergency Manager, and Andover Journal-Advocate.

Began near Beaumont (37.8167, -96.8667).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Woodson County F1 Allen County F1 Greenwood County F0 Montgomery County F0 Labette County F0 Greenwood County F0 Montgomery County F0 Allen County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5349765. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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