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F1 tornado in Pawnee County, Kansas

Tornado March 27, 2004 · Pawnee County, Kansas

Rating

11.5 mi

Whole path

80 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 80 yards (0.05 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 few trees were damaged by this cigar shaped tornado.

Began near Rozel (38.1667, -99.3500).

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 5388677. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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