Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Tillman County, Oklahoma, May 1, 1954

RatingF3

Deaths3

Injuries3

Length12.3 mi

Width10 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.23, -98.62) to the end point (34.35, -98.47), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 1, 1954, 4:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Tillman County, Cotton County
Path: 12.3 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 3 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 1, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 1, 1954	F4	Texas, Oklahoma	68.6 mi	440 yd	2
May 1, 1954	F4	Oklahoma	59.2 mi	10 yd	65
May 1, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	6.2 mi	100 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F3	Oklahoma	8 mi	300 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	300 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	7.8 mi	10 yd	7
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	39.2 mi	10 yd	6
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	0.3 mi	300 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	19.7 mi	100 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	5.6 mi	33 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Kansas	5.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	5.7 mi	220 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F2	Oklahoma	37.2 mi	10 yd	6
May 1, 1954	F2	Texas	1.3 mi	67 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	33 yd	0
May 1, 1954	F1	Texas	1 mi	30 yd	4
May 1, 1954	F1	Texas	1 mi	33 yd	0

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