Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Jefferson County, Kansas, May 8, 2002
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.2 mi
Width100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.22, -95.35) to the end point (39.22, -95.35), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 8, 2002, 5:26 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Jefferson County
- Path
- 0.2 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 8, 2002
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2002 | F2 | Ohio | 3 mi | 80 yd | 0 | 3 |
| May 8, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 2 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 2 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 2 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 5 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Oklahoma | 6 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 2002 | F0 | Illinois | 5.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.