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F0 tornado in Pawnee County, Kansas

Tornado March 27, 2004 · Pawnee County, Kansas

Rating

11.5 mi

Whole path

50 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 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 is the same one that moved out of Edwards county. It was dissipating at this time. Dust with the tornado remained in the air for about another 10 minutes (along with falling tumble weeds).

Began near Rozel (38.1000, -99.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Edwards County F0 Pawnee County F0 Barber County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5388606. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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