Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Smith County, Kansas, May 11, 1982

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length4 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.78, -98.67) to the end point (39.83, -98.60), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 11, 1982, 3:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Kansas
Counties: Smith County
Path: 4 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 11, 1982

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 11, 1982	F3	Oklahoma	4 mi	350 yd	0	41
May 11, 1982	F3	Oklahoma	10 mi	700 yd	2	18
May 11, 1982	F3	Oklahoma	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F3	Texas	15 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	5.7 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F2	Oklahoma	7 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	11 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Texas	2 mi	880 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Texas	19 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Texas	3 mi	50 yd	0	1
May 11, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1982	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0

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