Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F0 tornado, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, May 29, 1959
RatingF0
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length2 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.30, -96.08) to the end point (39.30, -96.08), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 29, 1959, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F0
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Pottawatomie County
- Path
- 2 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 29, 1959
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1959 | F2 | Colorado | 2 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F2 | Kansas | 5.6 mi | 77 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F2 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 7.9 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 29, 1959 | F1 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.