Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Harper County, Kansas, May 12, 2004
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length1.8 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.22, -98.22) to the end point (37.25, -98.22), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 12, 2004, 7:02 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Harper County
- Path
- 1.8 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 12, 2004
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2004 | F4 | Kansas | 1.2 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 12, 2004 | F2 | Kansas | 2 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F2 | Kansas | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Kansas | 2.5 mi | 120 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Kansas | 4 mi | 125 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Colorado | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Kansas | 1.5 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Kansas | 3.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F1 | Kansas | 2.5 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Colorado | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Louisiana | 0.3 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Colorado | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Kansas | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Kansas | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 2004 | F0 | Kansas | 1.2 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.