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Tornado in Meade County, Kansas

Tornado May 17, 2019 · Meade County, Kansas

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Not rated
6.7 mi
Whole path
50 yd
Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Beaver County, Oklahoma → Meade 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

This tornado moved out of Oklahoma but damage was not apparent as it passed through native grasses with no structures to hit.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed in the panhandle of Oklahoma and up into southwest Kansas during the early evening along a dryline. Storms struggled to develop all afternoon due to warm air aloft but once they did form explosive growth was realized. Several long tracked and strong tornadoes occurred with the strongest storms.

Began near Meade State Park (37.0006, -100.5432).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 835966. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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