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EF1 tornado in Morris County, Kansas

Tornado May 25, 2016 · Morris County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
5.3 mi
Path length
75 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 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

The 3rd tornado of the day that was spawned by the long lived supercell occurred just east of Dwight and tracked ESE doing damage to barns and power poles along the path. The track is based on local storm reports and radar data with input from Emergency Managers.

The wider storm

One supercell thunderstorm developed over Ottawa county around 5pm on May 25th. That storm went on to produce 4 documented tornadoes including a 26 mile long violent EF4 tornado that was on the ground for around 90 minutes. Most of the damage was done in Dickinson County Kansas where 20-25 homes were damaged or destroyed. The supercell thunderstorm continued into Morris and Wabaunsee counties where it produced 2 more tornadoes before dissipating that evening.

Began near Dwight (38.8500, -96.5614).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Ottawa CountyEF1 Wabaunsee CountyEF0 Ottawa County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 626926. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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