F1 tornado in Meade County, Kansas

Tornado June 9, 2005 · Meade County, Kansas

Rating

8.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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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

This tornado damaged a home, trees, power lines and several center pivot sprinklers. The forward flanking downdraft heavily damaged the Fowler high school roof.

Began near Fowler (37.1667, -100.2000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Trego County F2 Meade County F1 Trego County F1 Trego County F1 Trego County F1 Meade County F0 Meade County F0 Trego County F0 Meade County F0 Ellis County F0 Trego County F0 Ellis County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5460417. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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