Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Ness County, Kansas, May 31, 1996

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length18 mi

Width300 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.42, -99.87) to the end point (38.42, -99.52), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 31, 1996, 5:09 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Kansas
Counties: Ness County, Rush County
Path: 18 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 31, 1996

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 31, 1996	F3	South Dakota	32 mi	400 yd	1
May 31, 1996	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	25 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F1	South Dakota	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	15 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.5 mi	15 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	0.3 mi	30 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Colorado	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Colorado	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	0.3 mi	30 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Colorado	17.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Colorado	2 mi	400 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Kansas	2 mi	100 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Minnesota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 31, 1996	F0	South Dakota	0.3 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.