Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Pierce County, Nebraska, May 6, 1975
RatingF4
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length4.1 mi
Width300 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.20, -97.57) to the end point (42.27, -97.53), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 6, 1975, 1:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Nebraska
- Counties
- Pierce County
- Path
- 4.1 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 6, 1975
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | Nebraska | 8 mi | 267 yd | 3 | 133 |
| May 6, 1975 | F3 | Nebraska | 44.8 mi | 90 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F3 | Nebraska | 15.9 mi | 167 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 6, 1975 | F2 | Louisiana | 5.6 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 6, 1975 | F2 | Iowa | 12.8 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F2 | Iowa | 10.6 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F1 | Maryland | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F1 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F0 | South Dakota | 12.4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F0 | Nebraska | 5.4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F0 | Nebraska | 3.4 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F0 | Nebraska | 3 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.