Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Harvey County, Kansas, May 15, 1990
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length20 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.00, -97.28) to the end point (38.03, -96.80), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 15, 1990, 8:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Harvey County, Butler County
- Path
- 20 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 15, 1990
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1990 | F3 | Oklahoma | 7 mi | 440 yd | 1 | 12 |
| May 15, 1990 | F2 | Oklahoma | 4 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 8 |
| May 15, 1990 | F2 | Oklahoma | 8 mi | 123 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F1 | Oklahoma | 5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F1 | Colorado | 0.7 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F1 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Florida | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Colorado | 0.2 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Kansas | 5 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Kansas | 2 mi | 27 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 1990 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.