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EF1 tornado in Rice County, Kansas

Tornado July 13, 2015 · Rice County, Kansas

EF1

Rating

5.3 mi

Whole path

150 yd

Path width

$270K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Rice County → Reno 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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A rope tornado was reported as it moved unconventionally to the southwest. One home took minor damage right after touchdown. A few windows were blown out and a man was blown out of his chair. Otherwise, significant tree damage (DI27 DOD3) was noted along the 150 yard wide path. This tornado moved into Reno County.

The wider storm

A strong tornado moved southwest from Rice into Reno county causing significant damage to two different homesteads. One home was completely demolished while another took a glancing blow. Numerous trees were uprooted and those that were not had a significant amount of debarking. Several other storms moved across the area producing severe wind and hail.

Began near Saxman (38.1900, -97.9900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 580031. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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