Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Ida County, Iowa, June 7, 1953

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length49.2 mi

Width833 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.37, -95.48) to the end point (43.22, -94.38), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: June 7, 1953, 7:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Iowa
Counties: Ida County, Sac County, Pocahontas County, Kossuth County
Path: 49.2 miles long, up to 833 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on June 7, 1953

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Jun 7, 1953	F4	Nebraska	15 mi	440 yd	11	0
Jun 7, 1953	F3	Nebraska	8 mi	250 yd	0	1
Jun 7, 1953	F3	Iowa	30.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	6.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	6.6 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	20.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	6.9 mi	10 yd	0	2
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	16.6 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	31 mi	10 yd	0	6
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Iowa	11.3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Nebraska	4.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Iowa	49 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F2	Iowa	116 mi	200 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Nebraska	22.7 mi	10 yd	0	2
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Nebraska	15 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Nebraska	8.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Minnesota	19.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F1	Iowa	2.3 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Kansas	10.9 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Nebraska	4.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Nebraska	9 mi	33 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Nebraska	1.5 mi	10 yd	0	1
Jun 7, 1953	F0	South Dakota	1.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Montana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Nebraska	1 mi	10 yd	0	5
Jun 7, 1953	F0	Kansas	12.6 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.