Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, May 13, 1983

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length8.8 mi

Width250 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.85, -97.95) to the end point (35.92, -97.82), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 13, 1983, 7:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Kingfisher County
Path: 8.8 miles long, up to 250 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 13, 1983

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	15 mi	500 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	7 mi	200 yd	1
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma, Texas	6.8 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	80 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	9 mi	150 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	100 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	17 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	60 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 13, 1983	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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