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F2 tornado in Linn County, Kansas

Tornado May 8, 2003 · Linn County, Kansas

Rating

22.0 mi

Whole path

300 yd

Path width

Injuries

$1.1M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Anderson County → Linn 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

Tornado crossed from Anderson county into Linn county 3 miles west northwest of Blue Mound and produced tree damage in rural county before dissipating. However...a cemetery was hit with many tombstones knocked over and damage to mausoleums.

Began near Blue Mound (38.1000, -95.0667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5359020. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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