F1 tornado in Ford County, Kansas
Tornado May 15, 2003 · Ford County, Kansas
F1
Rating
2.0 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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
Power poles were blown down and there was tree damage.
Began near Ford (37.6167, -99.7667).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
F2 Seward CountyF2 Seward CountyF2 Seward CountyF1 Meade CountyF1 Meade CountyF0 Clark CountyF0 Ford County
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5359967. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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