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F1 tornado in Osage County, Kansas

Tornado May 8, 2003 · Osage County, Kansas

Rating

6.0 mi

Path length

120 yd

Path width

$246K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 120 yards (0.07 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

A tornado touched down 8 miles southsouthwest of Barclay and moved northeast before dissipating 6 miles south of Osage City. The tornado damaged farm buildings and machinery along its path.

Began near Barclay (38.4833, -95.9333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Osage County F0 Coffey County F0 Douglas County F0 Osage County F0 Osage County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5359696. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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