Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F5 tornado, Adams County, Nebraska, May 5, 1964

RatingF5

Deaths4

Injuries50

Length79.7 mi

Width880 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.55, -98.37) to the end point (41.35, -97.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 5, 1964, 6:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F5
States: Nebraska
Counties: Adams County, Clay County, Hamilton County, York County
Path: 79.7 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 4 deaths, 50 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 5, 1964

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 5, 1964	F4	Nebraska	51.2 mi	10 yd	11
May 5, 1964	F3	North Dakota, Minnesota	5.2 mi	440 yd	11
May 5, 1964	F3	Iowa	67 mi	300 yd	7
May 5, 1964	F3	Minnesota	4.3 mi	300 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F3	Kansas	20.4 mi	880 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F3	Kansas	33 mi	660 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	10.6 mi	1,320 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Nebraska	71.5 mi	10 yd	7
May 5, 1964	F2	South Dakota	4.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Minnesota	0.1 mi	880 yd	13
May 5, 1964	F2	South Dakota	16 mi	880 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Oklahoma	3.6 mi	440 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	North Dakota	47.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	440 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F2	Kansas	7.6 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Wisconsin	0.3 mi	100 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	1
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	400 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F1	Oklahoma	3.3 mi	83 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 5, 1964	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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