A high end F-4 (207 - 260 MPH) struck the communities of Ringo and Franklin in eastern Crawford County. The tornado track extended west across Neosho County Kansas but we picked up the track (by air) beginning about four miles west of South Mound in Neosho County. Here it appeared to be skipping and topping or uprooting trees. This portion of the tornado track in Neosho County was rated by the Wichita National Weather Service Office. From the Neosho and Crawford County line, or six miles north northwest of McCune F-2, damage was observed as the tornado moved east northeast until it reached about two miles south of Girard were the tornado intensified. Til this point, the tornado width was about 200 yards wide but increased to about one quarter mile wide about three miles west southwest of the community of Ringo. At this point we observed scouring of the field below and the tornado was rated an F-4 based on the type and scope of structural damage and very heavy objects such as vehicles being tossed several hundred away from its original position. The tornado continued its east northeast track as an F-4 as it reached the community of Franklin and caused severe devastation to numerous homes and buildings, and tossed heavy objects and vehicles several hundred feet. The tornado width through Franklin was over one quarter mile wide. It remained an F-4 east of Franklin to just southwest of Mulberry. As it crossed into Missouri the tornado was then rated an F-2 until it reached north of Liberal, Missouri, in Barton County, then an F-1 and F-0 as it lifted and became rain wrapped. This feature was observed by a storm chaser who also witnessed the formation of the northeast Barton, Cedar and Polk County tornado described in one of the other reports. The length of this tornado was about 32 miles long and like the other long track tornadoes from May 4, 2002, it uprooted or snapped off numerous trees and poles, destroyed or severely damaged many homes, barns and outbuildings. One of the other tragic occurrence from all these tornados was the death of farm animals and pets.