F0 tornado in Allen County, Kansas

Tornado May 8, 2003 · Allen County, Kansas

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

110 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.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The same tornado that had achieved F3 intensity in Woodson County, this tornado caused no further damage in extreme northwest Allen County.

Began near Carlyle (37.8167, -95.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5349853. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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