EF0 tornado in Stafford County, Kansas

Tornado May 26, 2019 · Stafford County, Kansas

EF0

Rating

8.9 mi

Whole path

50 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Pratt County → Stafford 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.

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 QLCS tornado moved in from Pratt County at 2310. Due to very muddy roads and conditions, the end point was estimated but could have very well been farther into the county.

The wider storm

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

Began near Leesburg (37.8252, -98.8081).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Gray County EF1 Ford County EF1 Hodgeman County EF1 Ford County EF0 Hodgeman County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836046. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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