Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Sumner County, Kansas, May 3, 1999

RatingF4

Deaths6

Injuries150

Length24 mi

Width880 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.32, -97.40) to the end point (37.70, -97.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 3, 1999, 7:13 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Kansas
Counties: Sumner County, Sedgwick County
Path: 24 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 6 deaths, 150 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 3, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 3, 1999	F5	Oklahoma	37 mi	1,430 yd	36	583
May 3, 1999	F4	Oklahoma	15 mi	880 yd	1	11
May 3, 1999	F4	Oklahoma	35 mi	1,760 yd	2	26
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	6 mi	100 yd	0	3
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	9 mi	880 yd	0	4
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	21 mi	n/a	0	4
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	22 mi	350 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	16 mi	450 yd	0	13
May 3, 1999	F3	Oklahoma	13 mi	880 yd	0	13
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	4 mi	500 yd	0	4
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	7 mi	220 yd	0	4
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	8.1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	18 mi	150 yd	1	10
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	1 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	8 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	7 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Kansas	12 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	4 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	4 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Nebraska	15 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	6 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	9 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	10 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Nebraska	4 mi	70 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	4 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F1	Oklahoma	7 mi	150 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	4.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Nebraska	3 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Nebraska	6 mi	70 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Kansas	n/a	n/a	0	0
May 3, 1999	F0	Oklahoma	0.8 mi	50 yd	0	0

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