Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Ottawa County, Kansas, May 4, 1959

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length3.8 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.25, -97.38) to the end point (39.25, -97.30), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 4, 1959, 5:49 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Kansas
Counties: Ottawa County, Clay County
Path: 3.8 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 4, 1959

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 4, 1959	F2	Wisconsin	1 mi	33 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Kansas	10.6 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Kansas	11.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	9.6 mi	200 yd	1
May 4, 1959	F2	Kansas	24.9 mi	1,760 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Oklahoma	5.7 mi	300 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Iowa	4.1 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Iowa	4.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Iowa	5.1 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F2	Iowa	14.2 mi	150 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Wisconsin	1 mi	200 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas, Nebraska	45.6 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	18.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	19.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	19.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	9.8 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	1
May 4, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	7.2 mi	300 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	8.4 mi	50 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	3.8 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Minnesota	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Nebraska	9.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Kansas	11.3 mi	880 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Iowa	7.9 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Missouri	24.4 mi	200 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Wisconsin	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Minnesota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 4, 1959	F0	Kansas	2 mi	10 yd	0

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