Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Wheeler County, Texas, May 15, 2003

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length18 mi

Width100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.22, -100.35) to the end point (35.40, -100.12), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 15, 2003, 8:43 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Texas
Counties: Wheeler County
Path: 18 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 15, 2003

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 15, 2003	F2	Colorado	5 mi	200 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Kansas	2.5 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Kansas	4.9 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Texas	1.5 mi	800 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Texas	1.5 mi	450 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Kansas	2.5 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F2	Texas, Oklahoma	15.5 mi	1,760 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Tennessee	2.5 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Tennessee	1.5 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	5 mi	200 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	North Carolina	3 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Texas	10 mi	1,320 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	30 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Texas	2 mi	150 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Kansas	2 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Texas	1 mi	150 yd
May 15, 2003	F1	Kansas	2 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Colorado	1 mi	75 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	1 mi	500 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	30 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	6 mi	200 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	40 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	1 mi	40 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Oklahoma	0.8 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	2 mi	30 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	20 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	12 mi	300 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Kansas	1.3 mi	100 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	50 yd
May 15, 2003	F0	Kansas	0.8 mi	50 yd

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