Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, O'Brien County, Iowa, July 17, 1951
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length0.1 mi
Width10 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.18, -95.87) to the end point (43.18, -95.87), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- July 17, 1951, 5:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- O'Brien County
- Path
- 0.1 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.