Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Hartley County, Texas, May 12, 1989
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length7 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.68, -102.43) to the end point (35.67, -102.30), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 12, 1989, 5:26 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Texas
- Counties
- Hartley County
- Path
- 7 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 12, 1989
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Colorado | 1 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Colorado | 0.5 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Wyoming | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Texas | 3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F1 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F0 | Wyoming | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F0 | Wyoming | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F0 | Texas | 2 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 1989 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.