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F1 tornado in Reno County, Kansas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Reno County, Kansas

Rating

8.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$1.1M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Reno County → McPherson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 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

At Buhler, a subdivision consisting of 37 homes was hit. Of the 37 homes damaged, 3 were destroyed, 4 sustained major damage and 30 minor damage. This tornado would continue a northeast track into Southwest McPherson County where it skipped along Highway 61.

Began near Buhler (38.1300, -97.8000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F4 Sedgwick County 6 dead F1 Barton County F1 Sumner County F1 Marion County F0 Rice County F0 Saline County F0 Ellsworth County F0 McPherson County F0 Lincoln County F0 Butler County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5689940. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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