Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Sumner County, Kansas, May 10, 1953

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length38.8 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.98, -97.62) to the end point (37.38, -97.12), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 10, 1953, 3:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Kansas, Oklahoma
Counties: Sumner County, Ness County, Grant County
Path: 38.8 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 10, 1953

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 10, 1953	F4	Iowa	6.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F4	Iowa	26.6 mi	10 yd	0	3
May 10, 1953	F4	Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin	162 mi	100 yd	2	24
May 10, 1953	F3	Kansas	52.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F3	Iowa	6.6 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Arkansas	2.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Minnesota	17 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Iowa	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F2	Minnesota	6.9 mi	67 yd	6	3
May 10, 1953	F2	Wisconsin	105.7 mi	100 yd	4	27
May 10, 1953	F1	Oklahoma	3.6 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Kansas	42.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Kansas	6.9 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Nebraska	9.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 10, 1953	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	33 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.