What the record says
On 12 May 2004, a tornado touched down near Harper, Kansas. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 1.2 miles long and up to 500 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It injured 1 person.
- F4Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 1injury
- 1.2 mipath length
- 500 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 37.25, -97.98 and the end point at 37.25, -97.97 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Kansas
- Newkirk, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 80 deaths, 273 injuries, 56.4 miles long
- Overland Park, Kansas tornado20 May 1957, F5, 44 deaths, 207 injuries, 69.4 miles long
- Welch, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2008, EF4, 21 deaths, 350 injuries, 75.5 miles long
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 20 deaths, 280 injuries, 28.4 miles long
- Derby, Kansas tornado26 April 1991, F5, 17 deaths, 225 injuries, 46 miles long
- Topeka, Kansas tornado8 June 1966, F5, 16 deaths, 450 injuries, 21.1 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2004
- Mark, Illinois tornado20 April 2004, F3, 8 deaths, 12 injuries, 15.8 miles long
- Blountstown, Florida tornado15 September 2004, F2, 4 deaths, 5 injuries, 7 miles long
- Weatherby, Missouri tornado29 May 2004, F4, 3 deaths, 6 injuries, 22 miles long
- St. Helena, North Carolina tornado13 August 2004, F2, 3 deaths, 29 injuries, 5 miles long
- Cooter, Missouri tornado18 October 2004, F2, 3 deaths, 7 injuries, 0.5 miles long
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