Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Woodruff County, Arkansas, May 26, 1955

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries7

Length7.5 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.38, -91.33) to the end point (35.45, -91.23), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 26, 1955, 8:20 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Arkansas
Counties: Woodruff County, Jackson County
Path: 7.5 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 7 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 26, 1955

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 26, 1955	F3	Arkansas	28.8 mi	1,000 yd	3
May 26, 1955	F2	Kansas	66.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Texas	1.3 mi	33 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Illinois	1.5 mi	500 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Illinois	1.5 mi	100 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F2	Arkansas	4.5 mi	880 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Nebraska	6.5 mi	167 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F2	Kansas	7.8 mi	220 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F2	Missouri	11.7 mi	27 yd	2
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	11.6 mi	70 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	14.2 mi	400 yd	2
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	2.7 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Illinois	1.5 mi	100 yd	2
May 26, 1955	F1	Illinois	18.7 mi	400 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Nebraska	4.3 mi	17 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	4.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd	1
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 26, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

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Tornado history nearby

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