F3 tornado — Edwards County, Kansas

F3 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado March 27, 2004 · Edwards County, Kansas

Rating

11.5 mi

Whole path

1,300 yd

Path width

$480K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Edwards County → Pawnee County → Pawnee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,300 yards (0.74 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F3 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F3 meant severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned; the scale paired it with winds of 158–206 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

This tornado became very large and dusty. Several farms were hit with minor damage to other outbuildings across it's path. One farm sustained a direct hit. Five equipment buildings were destroyed and the house was knocked from it's foundation. Trees were mangled and debarked. A stock trailer was blown 3/4 of a mile from it's original location and an oil tank was rolled .3 of a mile. A stack of hay bales was demolished with the remnants piled 10 feet thick in a grove of trees. One large cedar tree was carried about a mile. As the tornado was dissipating, it crossed into Pawnee county at a location 12 miles north of Kinsley.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5388605. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

F3 tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

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