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F1 tornado in Labette County, Kansas

Tornado April 6, 2006 · Labette County, Kansas

F1
Rating
11.5 mi
Whole path
40 yd
Path width
12
Injuries
$245K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Craig County, Oklahoma → Labette County → Cherokee County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 40 yards (0.02 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

An F1 tornado entered Labette County from Oklahoma near Victory road about 3 miles southwest of Chetopa. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast where it struck 2 homes and a mobile home. The mobile home was destroyed and the 2 other homes were damaged. Twelve minor injuries occurred when the tornado damaged the homes and destroyed the mobile home south of Chetopa. The tornado also flipped a tractor trailer on highway 59. The tornado exited Labette County about 1 mile south of highway 166 and moved into Crawford County.

Began near Chetopa (37.0000, -95.1167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5499862. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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