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EF0 tornado in Montgomery County, Kansas

Tornado August 14, 2018 · Montgomery County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

This information was obtained from social media. The tornado was very small and did not last very long.

The wider storm

Very heavy rains occurred across portions of southeast Kansas producing prolific flash flooding. Unfortunately, two people lost their lives while trying to drive across a water covered road. Rainfall amounts up 8.5 inches were noted.

Began near Elk City (37.3168, -95.9237).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 774543. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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