F1 tornado in Cherokee County, Kansas
Tornado April 3, 1999 · Cherokee County, Kansas
F1
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
$100K
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 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
A short lived F1 tornado damaged three homes, one severely.
Began near Columbus (37.2200, -94.7700).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5695078. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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