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EF1 tornado in Ford County, Kansas

Tornado May 26, 2019 · Ford County, Kansas

EF1
Rating
3.1 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

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 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

QLCS damaged buildings at a farm along with trees.

The wider storm

QLCS tornadoes occurred along a squall line as it swept across the region.

Began near Windthorst (37.7297, -99.7239).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Gray CountyEF1 Ford CountyEF1 Hodgeman CountyEF1 Pratt CountyEF0 Hodgeman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836039. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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