Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Ellsworth County, Kansas, August 6, 1985
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length6 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.77, -98.23) to the end point (38.70, -98.15), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 6, 1985, 4:48 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Ellsworth County
- Near the path
- Kanopolis (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 6 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.