Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Grayson County, Kentucky, May 23, 2000

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries16

Length6 mi

Width100 yd

See tornadoes near here

Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.53, -86.30) to the end point (37.48, -86.23), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 23, 2000, 1:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Kentucky
Counties: Grayson County
Path: 6 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 16 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 23, 2000

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 23, 2000	F2	Ohio	3 mi	200 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F2	Ohio	3 mi	200 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F1	Tennessee	0.5 mi	40 yd	1
May 23, 2000	F1	Ohio	2 mi	150 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F1	Kentucky	1.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F1	West Virginia	1 mi	70 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F1	Ohio	1 mi	100 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F1	Tennessee	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Ohio	2 mi	50 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Ohio	0.5 mi	130 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Kentucky	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	20 yd	0
May 23, 2000	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	30 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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