Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Calhoun County, Alabama, December 5, 1954

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries26

Length24.7 mi

Width100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.78, -86.00) to the end point (33.92, -85.60), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 5, 1954, 1:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Alabama
Counties: Calhoun County
Path: 24.7 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 26 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 5, 1954

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 5, 1954	F3	Alabama, Georgia	51 mi	200 yd	0	7
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	6.4 mi	250 yd	0	2
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Alabama, Georgia	71.5 mi	100 yd	1	35
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	7.4 mi	150 yd	0	7
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	7.1 mi	500 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	2.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	2.7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F2	Georgia	0.5 mi	50 yd	1	40
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	4.1 mi	80 yd	0	6
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Georgia	4.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
Dec 5, 1954	F1	Alabama	1.5 mi	83 yd	0	2

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