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F1 tornado in Barton County, Kansas

Tornado May 10, 1999 · Barton County, Kansas

F1
Rating
5.0 mi
Path length
110 yd
Path width
$100K
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 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

In Claflin, one farmstead sustained damage where top half of barn was destroyed, grainery destroyed, grain bin disappeared, and chicken house lost nearly 2/3 of it's roof.

Began near Claflin (38.4800, -98.5700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Sedgwick County 6 deadF1 Reno CountyF1 Sumner CountyF1 Marion CountyF0 Rice CountyF0 Saline CountyF0 Ellsworth CountyF0 McPherson CountyF0 Lincoln CountyF0 Butler County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5689918. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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