Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Cheyenne County, Kansas, May 31, 1971

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.5 mi

Width20 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.62, -101.57) to the end point (39.62, -101.57), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 31, 1971, 5:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Kansas
Counties: Cheyenne County
Path: 0.5 miles long, up to 20 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 31, 1971

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 31, 1971	F3	Iowa, Minnesota	46.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F3	Iowa	8.6 mi	250 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F3	Iowa	8 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F3	Iowa	9.4 mi	600 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F2	Iowa	4.5 mi	300 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F2	Texas	2 mi	67 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F2	Iowa	1 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F2	Kansas	6.2 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Minnesota	5.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Minnesota	2.3 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	1
May 31, 1971	F1	Iowa	2.3 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Iowa	2.3 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Kansas	0.9 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Missouri	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Kansas	0.9 mi	200 yd	0
May 31, 1971	F1	Kansas	2 mi	300 yd	3
May 31, 1971	F0	Minnesota	0.5 mi	50 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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