Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF3 tornado, Lyon County, Kansas, May 21, 2011
RatingEF3
Deaths1
Injuries5
Length10.11 mi
Width700 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.51, -96.00) to the end point (38.57, -95.84), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 21, 2011, 8:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF3
- States
- Kansas
- Counties
- Lyon County, Osage County
- Near the path
- Reading (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 10.11 miles long, up to 700 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 5 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 21, 2011
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2011 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 7.2 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 3.3 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF1 | Kansas | 6.05 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF1 | Kansas | 2.89 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Texas | 0.02 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 2.03 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Minnesota | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.27 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.94 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Missouri | 1.22 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Texas | 1.59 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.39 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 21, 2011 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.05 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.