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F1 tornado in Labette County, Kansas

Tornado May 4, 2003 · Labette County, Kansas

Rating

12.0 mi

Path length

220 yd

Path width

Injury

$2.5M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 220 yards (0.12 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

In Bartlett, the following were either heavily damaged or destroyed: 24 farm dwellings and service buildings, and 40 pieces of farm machinery and equipment.

Began near Bartlett (36.9833, -95.3000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Labette County F0 Labette County F0 Neosho County F0 Labette County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5349867. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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