Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Atchison County, Missouri, April 5, 1954
RatingF4
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length6.3 mi
Width900 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.55, -95.38) to the end point (40.62, -95.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 5, 1954, 5:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Missouri, Iowa
- Counties
- Atchison County, Page County
- Path
- 6.3 miles long, up to 900 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 5, 1954
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1954 | F3 | Iowa | 5.2 mi | 667 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F2 | Iowa | 5.1 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F2 | Iowa | 11.5 mi | 333 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F2 | Kansas | 10.4 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F1 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F1 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F1 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 1954 | F1 | Kansas | 3.3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.