Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Seward County, Kansas, June 21, 1974
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length2.7 mi
Width30 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.20, -100.70) to the end point (37.17, -100.67), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- June 21, 1974, 5:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Seward County
- Path
- 2.7 miles long, up to 30 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on June 21, 1974
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1974 | F1 | Minnesota | 1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Jun 21, 1974 | F1 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 21, 1974 | F1 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 21, 1974 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 21, 1974 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 21, 1974 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.