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F0 tornado in Cowley County, Kansas

Tornado June 13, 1998 · Cowley County, Kansas

F0
Rating
1.0 mi
Path length
110 yd
Path width
$500K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 110 yards (0.06 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

Minor damage inflicted to a few homes on south side of Burden.

Began near Burden (37.3200, -96.7700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5649361. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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