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F1 tornado in Barton County, Kansas

Tornado August 19, 2005 · Barton County, Kansas

Rating

4.0 mi

Path length

110 yd

Path width

$250K

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 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

Extensive damage to two farmsteads. The damage survey revealed the tornado achieved a strong F-1 rating, meaning it's rotational velocities were around 110 mph. (Narrative courtesy of Wichita Eagle and Hutchinson News.)

Began near Great Bend (38.5333, -98.7333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Barton County F0 Barton County F0 Rice County F0 Rice County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5476196. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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