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F0 tornado in Harvey County, Kansas

Tornado June 8, 1998 · Harvey County, Kansas

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

110 yd

Path width

$150K

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 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

One farm sustained damage to three outbuildings while the residence sustained roof damage and had several windows blown out. A second farmstead sustained damage to it's roof, two barns and a metal shed.

Began near Burrton (38.1200, -97.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 Sumner County F0 Harvey County F0 Cowley County F0 Chase County F0 Reno County F0 Cowley County F0 Chase County F0 Sumner County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5649204. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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