Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Texas County, Oklahoma, May 5, 1993
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length18.5 mi
Width1,200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.88, -101.35) to the end point (37.12, -101.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 5, 1993, 6:54 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Oklahoma, Kansas
- Counties
- Texas County, Stevens County
- Path
- 18.5 miles long, up to 1,200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 5, 1993
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1993 | F4 | Kansas | 23 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F3 | Oklahoma | 12 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F3 | Nebraska | 13 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F1 | Oklahoma | 2 mi | 273 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F1 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F1 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Oklahoma | 2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Utah | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 1993 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.