Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Shawnee County, Kansas, May 6, 1983
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries25
Length19 mi
Width150 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.90, -95.87) to the end point (39.05, -95.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 6, 1983, 5:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Shawnee County
- Path
- 19 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 25 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 6, 1983
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1983 | F2 | Iowa | 15 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1983 | F2 | Iowa | 1 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1983 | F1 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1983 | F1 | Iowa | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 6, 1983 | F1 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.