Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Frontier County, Nebraska, May 18, 1960

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length4.5 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.55, -100.17) to the end point (40.55, -100.17), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 18, 1960, 6:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Nebraska
Counties: Frontier County
Path: 4.5 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 18, 1960

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 18, 1960	F2	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F2	Arkansas	3.8 mi	1,760 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Kansas	6.9 mi	100 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	100 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Texas	0.6 mi	33 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Nebraska	0.3 mi	10 yd
May 18, 1960	F0	Nebraska	0.3 mi	10 yd

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