Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Collingsworth County, Texas, May 25, 1955

RatingF4

Deaths2

Injuries18

Length45.1 mi

Width1,100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.00, -100.22) to the end point (35.50, -99.82), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 25, 1955, 3:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Texas, Oklahoma
Counties: Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Roger Mills County
Path: 45.1 miles long, up to 1,100 yards wide
Casualties: 2 deaths, 18 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 25, 1955

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 25, 1955	F5	Oklahoma, Kansas	28.4 mi	500 yd	20	280
May 25, 1955	F5	Oklahoma, Kansas	56.4 mi	1,320 yd	80	273
May 25, 1955	F3	Oklahoma	13.3 mi	440 yd	0	1
May 25, 1955	F2	Oklahoma	5.1 mi	300 yd	0	1
May 25, 1955	F2	Oklahoma	2.7 mi	500 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F2	Texas	11.9 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	4.9 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 25, 1955	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	6.2 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 25, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	3.8 mi	300 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

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