Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Lyon County, Kansas, June 8, 1974

RatingF4

Deaths6

Injuries177

Length37.5 mi

Width1,760 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.42, -96.22) to the end point (38.90, -95.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: June 8, 1974, 6:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Kansas
Counties: Lyon County, Osage County, Shawnee County
Path: 37.5 miles long, up to 1,760 yards wide
Casualties: 6 deaths, 177 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on June 8, 1974

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jun 8, 1974	F4	Oklahoma	29 mi	400 yd	14	150
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	8.9 mi	250 yd	0	14
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	10.2 mi	600 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	9 mi	127 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	6.8 mi	1,300 yd	0	8
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	350 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	63.6 mi	100 yd	2	80
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	48.9 mi	100 yd	0	42
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	29.9 mi	1,300 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F3	Oklahoma	2.7 mi	150 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	1,500 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	4.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	5.4 mi	60 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	11.8 mi	450 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	800 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	14.4 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F2	Oklahoma	3.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	23 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Oklahoma	1.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Missouri	1 mi	150 yd	0	6
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Missouri	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Missouri	10.1 mi	400 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	67 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Kansas	11.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Kansas	5.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Kansas	4.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1974	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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