Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Sumner County, Kansas, May 12, 2004
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length2.5 mi
Width150 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.27, -97.78) to the end point (37.30, -97.80), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 12, 2004, 9:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Sumner County
- Path
- 2.5 miles long, up to 150 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 | 1.8 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 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.