Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Buffalo County, Nebraska, May 10, 1985
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length17 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.77, -99.00) to the end point (40.90, -98.73), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 10, 1985, 5:02 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Nebraska
- Counties
- Buffalo County
- Path
- 17 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 10, 1985
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1985 | F4 | Kansas | 33 mi | 1,000 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F4 | Kansas, Nebraska | 56 mi | 1,000 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 10, 1985 | F3 | Kansas | 10 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F3 | Kansas | 30 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F2 | Wyoming | 1 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F2 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 4 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | North Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | North Dakota | 2 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | North Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F1 | Nebraska | 2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F0 | North Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F0 | North Dakota | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 1985 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.