Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Dawson County, Nebraska, April 20, 1974
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries6
Length63.5 mi
Width880 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.95, -99.43) to the end point (41.78, -98.88), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 20, 1974, 2:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Nebraska
- Counties
- Dawson County, Buffalo County, Custer County, Sherman County
- Path
- 63.5 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 6 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 20, 1974
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1974 | F3 | Oklahoma | 63.6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F3 | Nebraska | 41.6 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F3 | Oklahoma | 6.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F2 | Nebraska | 46.8 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F2 | Kansas | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | Nebraska | 1.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | Kansas | 14 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F1 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F0 | Kansas | 41.3 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F0 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.