Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Major County, Oklahoma, May 2, 1979
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length20.3 mi
Width1,760 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.35, -98.65) to the end point (36.27, -98.30), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 2, 1979, 4:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Oklahoma
- Counties
- Major County
- Path
- 20.3 miles long, up to 1,760 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 2, 1979
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1979 | F4 | Oklahoma | 20.6 mi | 880 yd | 1 | 25 |
| May 2, 1979 | F3 | Oklahoma | 8.4 mi | 120 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F2 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F1 | Texas | 2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F1 | Arkansas | 4.7 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 2, 1979 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 13 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.