Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F0 tornado, Ellsworth County, Kansas, May 25, 1997

RatingF0

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.5 mi

Width50 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.53, -98.40) to the end point (38.53, -98.40), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 25, 1997, 5:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F0
States: Kansas
Counties: Ellsworth County
Path: 0.5 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 25, 1997

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 25, 1997	F2	Oklahoma	6 mi	1,320 yd	2
May 25, 1997	F2	Kansas	8 mi	1,700 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F2	Texas	1 mi	73 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Maryland	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F1	Texas	3 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	2 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	3 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Virginia	1 mi	73 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Alabama	0.2 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	2 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	9 mi	100 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Texas	2 mi	40 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Kansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 25, 1997	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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