Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Stevens County, Kansas, May 26, 1996
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length13 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.10, -101.10) to the end point (37.25, -101.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 26, 1996, 2:39 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Stevens County, Seward County
- Path
- 13 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 26, 1996
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1996 | F3 | Kansas | 28 mi | 900 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F2 | Kansas | 20 mi | 450 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F2 | Oklahoma | 30 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Kansas | 10 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Kansas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Kansas | 3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Kansas | 1 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Missouri | 3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Missouri | 12 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F1 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Florida | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Kansas | 4 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Indiana | 5 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Kansas | 6 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 26, 1996 | F0 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.