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Tornado in Edwards County, Kansas

Tornado May 6, 2019 · Edwards County, Kansas

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Not rated

2.8 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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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.

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

This tornado moved south-southwest and did not travel across anything to damage.

The wider storm

A dry line and surface synoptic boundary provided the focus for numerous thunderstorms.

Began near Lewis (37.9931, -99.2340).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Gray County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 835747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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