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F1 tornado in Morris County, Kansas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Morris County, Kansas

Rating

20.0 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$78K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Marion County → Morris 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

A tornado moved from Marion county into Morris county and touched down southwest of Burdick and moved northeast 5 miles before lifting. It struck a farm destroying part of the roof on a house and damaging a garage, two cars, a barn and some fenses.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed over northeast and east central Kansas the afternoon of the fourth and continued into the evening hours producing large hail and at least 7 tornadoes (listed separately). One thunderstorm moved northeast from Morris county to Jackson county and produced six of the 7 tornadoes.

Began near Burdick (38.5300, -96.8700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F1 Morris County F0 Geary County F0 Wabaunsee County F0 Pottawatomie County F0 Jackson County F0 Geary County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5699929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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