F1 tornado in Ford County, Kansas

Tornado May 24, 1996 · Ford County, Kansas

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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.

The wider storm

wind recorded at 89 mph near the tornado from a home weather station. a few trees were uprooted.

Began near Bucklin (37.7200, -99.6300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5572249. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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