The May 5, 1993 tornado
F4Stevens and Grant counties, Kansas
An F4 tornado on a 23.0-mile path. It was one of 16 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 4 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · May 5, 1993
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 23.0 mi
- Width up to 880 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Wednesday, May 5, 1993
- 7:27 PM CST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
A 1/2 mile wide F4 tornado quickly developed near the area where the previous tornado roped out. The tornado developed six miles southeast of Hugoton. At the beginning, a multiple vortex tornado was observed. The tornado moved to the north and gradually turned and moved to the northeast. The tornado roped out two miles north of the Stevens/Grant County line. The tornado passed 4 1/2 miles to the east of Hugoton and 2 1/2 miles to the west of Moscow. A farmstead 4 1/2 miles southwest of Moscow was completely destroyed. At least 30 irrigation systems were also destroyed. A female teenager in bare feet received a cut on the foot when she stepped on broken glass at the farmstead.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.