Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Crawford County, Kansas, May 26, 1963
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length19.6 mi
Width27 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.45, -94.97) to the end point (37.52, -94.70), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 26, 1963, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Crawford County
- Path
- 19.6 miles long, up to 27 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 26, 1963
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1963 | F3 | Oklahoma | 34.3 mi | 10 yd | 1 | 4 |
| May 26, 1963 | F3 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 5 |
| May 26, 1963 | F3 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 26, 1963 | F2 | Oklahoma | 2.5 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F2 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 8.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F1 | Oklahoma | 5.7 mi | 333 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1963 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.