Tornado, Chase
- When
- May 1, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County, 3 mi W of Saffordville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 55 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.383, -96.450
Remained in open country.
Tornadoes in Kansas, May 1, 2000
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chase
- When
- May 1, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County, 4 mi NW of Saffordville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 55 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -96.450
Remained in open country.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 1 to 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 1, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New York, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Hawaii, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Texas, May 1, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, May 1 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 1, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2000Warnings in Kansas, May 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5139550, 5139551.