Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Ford County, Kansas, May 7, 2002
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1.7 mi
Width75 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.70, -99.57) to the end point (37.68, -99.62), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 7, 2002, 5:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Ford County, Kiowa County
- Path
- 1.7 miles long, up to 75 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 7, 2002
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2002 | F3 | Kansas | 4 mi | 900 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F3 | Kansas | 8.5 mi | 1,800 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F3 | Kansas | 10 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 7, 2002 | F2 | Kansas | 1.9 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F2 | Kansas | 19.6 mi | 900 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F2 | Kansas | 22 mi | 1,800 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 2 mi | 225 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 5.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F1 | Kansas | 7.7 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Illinois | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 4.9 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 2.2 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 4 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.2 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 7, 2002 | F0 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 110 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.