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F2 tornado in Harper County, Kansas

Tornado May 12, 2004 · Harper County, Kansas

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$100K

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

Tornado moved NNE on the outskirts of Harper. The tornado sheared off the top portion of a two story home and sending debris for several hundred yards.

Began near Harper (37.5500, -97.5000).

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 5391563. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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