Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, May 31, 1980
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length5.6 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.18, -96.30) to the end point (39.12, -96.23), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 31, 1980, 2:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Pottawatomie County
- Path
- 5.6 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 31, 1980
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1980 | F2 | Kansas | 2 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F2 | Kansas | 6.6 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 31, 1980 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F1 | Pennsylvania | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F1 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F0 | Kansas | 2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 1980 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.