Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Crawford County, Arkansas, April 30, 1954

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length40.7 mi

Width440 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.63, -94.40) to the end point (36.10, -94.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 30, 1954, 11:55 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Arkansas
Counties: Crawford County, Washington County
Path: 40.7 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 30, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 30, 1954	F4	Iowa	80.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F3	Texas	139.9 mi	880 yd	0	6
Apr 30, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	1 mi	150 yd	0	12
Apr 30, 1954	F3	Texas, Arkansas	86.3 mi	50 yd	0	1
Apr 30, 1954	F3	Texas, Arkansas	111.6 mi	1,760 yd	0	2
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Texas	15.8 mi	880 yd	0	2
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Texas	1.9 mi	67 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Texas	68.8 mi	883 yd	0	25
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Louisiana	16.7 mi	100 yd	1	6
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Missouri	3.6 mi	400 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Iowa	85.2 mi	200 yd	0	1
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Arkansas	38.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Missouri	89.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Louisiana	1 mi	67 yd	0	1
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Iowa	65.8 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Iowa	16.6 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F2	Iowa	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Texas	6.1 mi	880 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Texas	15 mi	67 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Arkansas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Arkansas	6.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Missouri	7.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Louisiana	0.5 mi	33 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F1	Mississippi	6.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1954	F0	Florida	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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