Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Crawford County, Kansas, March 26, 1983
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries4
Length7 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.43, -94.70) to the end point (37.55, -94.65), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 26, 1983, 3:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Crawford County
- Path
- 7 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 26, 1983
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1983 | F2 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F2 | Arkansas | 2 mi | 293 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F1 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 7 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F1 | Alabama | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F1 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Texas | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Texas | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26, 1983 | F0 | Arkansas | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.