Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

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

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length8 mi

Width300 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.17, -98.25) to the end point (34.20, -98.12), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 1, 1954, 5:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Oklahoma
Counties: Cotton County, Jefferson County
Path: 8 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 1, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 1, 1954	F4	Texas, Oklahoma	68.6 mi	440 yd	0	2
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	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.