Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Shawnee County, Kansas, May 11, 1966
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length9.9 mi
Width660 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.17, -95.80) to the end point (39.20, -95.62), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 11, 1966, 2:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Shawnee County, Jefferson County
- Path
- 9.9 miles long, up to 660 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 11, 1966
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1966 | F3 | Kansas | 5.4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F2 | Oklahoma | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 11, 1966 | F2 | Missouri | 2.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F2 | Oklahoma | 8.4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Kansas | 15 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 1,200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 1966 | F0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.