Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Edwards County, Kansas, May 9, 1971
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length9 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.00, -99.52) to the end point (37.98, -99.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 9, 1971, 4:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Edwards County
- Path
- 9 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 9, 1971
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1971 | F3 | Mississippi | 1 mi | 10 yd | 1 | 3 |
| May 9, 1971 | F2 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 1971 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.