Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Mercer County, Kentucky, May 21, 1990
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.5 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.75, -84.77) to the end point (37.75, -84.77), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 21, 1990, 3:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kentucky
- Counties
- Mercer County
- Near the path
- Burgin (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 0.5 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 21, 1990
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1990 | F2 | Kentucky | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 21, 1990 | F1 | Georgia | 3 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 1990 | F1 | Georgia | 1 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 1990 | F0 | Kentucky | 0.5 mi | 23 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.