Tornado in Barton County, Kansas

Tornado May 17, 2019 · Barton County, Kansas

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Not rated

1.0 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

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

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Brief rope shaped tornado was on the ground for less than one minute. It was located near the Barton and Stafford county line.

The wider storm

Strong storms moved across north central Kansas producing significant winds and some sporadic severe hail reports.

Began near Dundee (38.2700, -98.8100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 816520. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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