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F1 tornado in Cloud County, Kansas

Tornado May 29, 2004 · Cloud County, Kansas

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$175K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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 tornado touched down in rural areas near Jamestown. The tornado destroyed one house and heavily damaged three others along its 4 mile path. Two sheds were flattened, one of which fell onto two pickup trucks destroying both vehicles. Many power lines were downed. Some irrigation units were toppled.

Began near Jamestown (39.5667, -97.9000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F2 Cloud County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5397923. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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