Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Dewey County, Oklahoma, May 5, 2002
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1 mi
Width75 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.12, -98.83) to the end point (36.15, -98.85), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 5, 2002, 9:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Oklahoma
- Counties
- Dewey County
- Path
- 1 miles long, up to 75 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 5, 2002
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2002 | F2 | Kansas | 15 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F2 | Texas | 5 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F2 | Texas | 5 mi | 150 yd | 2 | 4 |
| May 5, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 3 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F1 | Texas | 3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F1 | Texas | 6 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 1.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 2.5 mi | 35 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.3 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 2.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Oklahoma, Texas | 1.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.