Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Livingston County, Illinois, April 7, 1954
RatingF3
Deaths1
Injuries13
Length42.6 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.88, -88.42) to the end point (41.25, -87.75), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 7, 1954, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Illinois
- Counties
- Livingston County, Ford County, Kankakee County
- Near the path
- Bourbonnais, Bradley, Limestone, Herscher, Saunemin, Cabery (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 42.6 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 13 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 7, 1954
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1954 | F2 | Wisconsin | 6.4 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 4 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F2 | Wisconsin | 1.9 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F2 | Michigan | 0.1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F1 | Wisconsin | 0.1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F1 | Indiana | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F1 | Michigan | 0.1 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 7, 1954 | F0 | Indiana | 0.5 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.