Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Shawnee County, Kansas, May 19, 1960

RatingF4

Deaths1

Injuries92

Length27.5 mi

Width880 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.18, -95.95) to the end point (39.23, -95.43), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 19, 1960, 5:47 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Kansas
Counties: Shawnee County, Jefferson County
Path: 27.5 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 92 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 19, 1960

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 19, 1960	F4	Kansas	20.6 mi	10 yd	12
May 19, 1960	F3	Kansas	11.5 mi	10 yd	1
May 19, 1960	F3	Kansas	13.3 mi	10 yd	1
May 19, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F2	Kansas	4.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Arkansas	8.7 mi	417 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Kansas	2 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Missouri	1.5 mi	17 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F1	Missouri	1.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Minnesota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 19, 1960	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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