Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Wayne County, Nebraska, May 21, 2004
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length0.5 mi
Width150 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.22, -96.98) to the end point (42.20, -96.98), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 21, 2004, 8:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Nebraska
- Counties
- Wayne County
- Path
- 0.5 miles long, up to 150 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 21, 2004
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2004 | F3 | Iowa | 3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F2 | Iowa | 12.5 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 15 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Iowa | 3.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Iowa | 1.7 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Iowa | 6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Iowa | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Iowa | 5 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F1 | Nebraska | 1.5 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Ohio | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | n/a | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Washington | 0.2 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Iowa | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | West Virginia | 3 mi | 1 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2004 | F0 | Nebraska | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.