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F0 tornado in Cherokee County, Kansas

Tornado April 6, 2006 · Cherokee County, Kansas

Rating

11.5 mi

Whole path

25 yd

Path width

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 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 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 is a continuation of the Labette County tornado that tracked south of Chetopa. The tornado crossed into Cherokee County near Highway 166, and tracked to three miles south of Faulkner. Only minor damage to a few trees were observed from the storm survey.

Began near Faulkner (37.0333, -95.1000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5504452. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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