Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Gosper County, Nebraska, May 22, 1972

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length1 mi

Width220 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.57, -99.75) to the end point (40.57, -99.75), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 22, 1972, 5:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Nebraska
Counties: Gosper County
Near the path: Smithfield (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 1 miles long, up to 220 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 22, 1972

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 22, 1972	F3	Oklahoma	9.5 mi	100 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	9.4 mi	10 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	5.1 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	1 mi	220 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	1 mi	220 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	1 mi	220 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	2 mi	250 yd
May 22, 1972	F2	Kansas	0.5 mi	220 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Nebraska	2.3 mi	220 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	7.9 mi	30 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	100 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	7.1 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	30 yd
May 22, 1972	F1	Oklahoma	1.9 mi	33 yd
May 22, 1972	F0	Nebraska	2.3 mi	10 yd
May 22, 1972	F0	South Dakota	0.1 mi	10 yd

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Gosper County

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