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F1 tornado in Harper County, Kansas

Tornado May 29, 2004 · Harper County, Kansas

Rating

2.5 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

$1.2M

Damage as recorded

$100K

Crop damage

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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 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

The following were damaged or destroyed: 15 farm dwellings and service buildings, and 30 pieces of farm machinery and equipment. (This portion of narrative courtesy of USDA Flash Flood Situation report.) One home unroofed resulting in damage to most of property inside. Widespread damage to wheat fields that had been ready for harvest.

Began near Freeport (38.7333, -98.1333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Sumner County F3 Sumner County F2 Harper County F1 Sumner County F1 Harper County F1 Sumner County F0 Harper County F0 Harper County F0 Sumner County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5391840. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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