Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Foard County, Texas, May 1, 1954

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length68.6 mi

Width440 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.98, -99.72) to the end point (34.65, -98.92), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 1, 1954, 2:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Texas, Oklahoma
Counties: Foard County, Wilbarger County, Tillman County, Kiowa County
Path: 68.6 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 1, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 1, 1954	F4	Oklahoma	59.2 mi	10 yd	0	65
May 1, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	12.3 mi	10 yd	3	3
May 1, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	6.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	8 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	7.8 mi	10 yd	0	7
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	39.2 mi	10 yd	0	6
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	0.3 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	19.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	5.6 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	5.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	5.7 mi	220 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	37.2 mi	10 yd	0	6
May 1, 1954	F2	Texas	1.3 mi	67 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 1, 1954	F1	Texas	1 mi	30 yd	0	4
May 1, 1954	F1	Texas	1 mi	33 yd	0	0

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