F0 tornado in Mitchell County, Kansas

Tornado May 4, 1999 · Mitchell County, Kansas

Rating

6.0 mi

Whole path

20 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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.

The wider storm

A weak tornado that had set down in Lincoln county entered Mitchell county southwest of Hunter. The tornado was quickly lifted after entering the county near Kansas Highway 181. No damage was reported.

Began near Hunter (39.2000, -98.4500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5717330. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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