Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Jefferson County, Kansas, April 26, 1984

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries9

Length32 mi

Width1,200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.40, -95.43) to the end point (39.80, -95.08), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 26, 1984, 10:02 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Kansas
Counties: Jefferson County, Atchison County, Doniphan County
Near the path: Troy (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 32 miles long, up to 1,200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 9 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 26, 1984

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 26, 1984	F4	Oklahoma	22 mi	880 yd	3	37
Apr 26, 1984	F3	Minnesota	5.5 mi	60 yd	1	52
Apr 26, 1984	F3	Oklahoma	22 mi	1,760 yd	8	95
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Iowa	22 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Minnesota	12.5 mi	800 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Oklahoma	6 mi	70 yd	0	8
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Kansas	0.6 mi	100 yd	0	4
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Kansas	10 mi	400 yd	0	1
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Missouri	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F2	Oklahoma	3 mi	500 yd	0	1
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Louisiana	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	South Dakota	7 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Minnesota	3.1 mi	300 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Kansas	0.5 mi	150 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Oklahoma	30 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Iowa	8 mi	10 yd	0	5
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	27 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Kansas	28 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F1	Oklahoma	5 mi	880 yd	0	5
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Oklahoma	39 mi	10 yd	0	1
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 26, 1984	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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