Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Cloud County, Kansas, May 20, 1957

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length44.6 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.38, -97.73) to the end point (39.88, -97.20), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 20, 1957, 2:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Kansas
Counties: Cloud County, Republic County, Washington County
Path: 44.6 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 20, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 20, 1957	F5	Kansas, Missouri	69.4 mi	440 yd	44	207
May 20, 1957	F3	Kansas	6.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F3	Kansas	5.6 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F3	Oklahoma	20.4 mi	200 yd	0	1
May 20, 1957	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Nebraska	75.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Missouri	9.8 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Nebraska	18.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Nebraska	23.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F2	Missouri	12.8 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Kansas	5.7 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Nebraska	2.7 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	3.6 mi	500 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Colorado, Kansas	70.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Kansas	1 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 20, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

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