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F2 tornado in Harper County, Kansas

Tornado May 12, 2004 · Harper County, Kansas

Rating

1.8 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$140K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 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

Large dusty tornado moved north just on the outskirts of the city. The tornado had a direct hit on an ECO block home. The home lost it's roof, but all exterior walls remained in tact. Two metal barns were also lost in the tornado.

Began near Attica (37.5333, -97.5833).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Harper County F2 Harper County F2 Harper County F1 Harper County F1 Sumner County F1 Harper County F1 Harper County F0 Harper County F0 Harper County F0 Harper County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5391559. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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