Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Lincoln County, Missouri, May 27, 1955

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length0.2 mi

Width10 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (39.12, -90.72) to the end point (39.12, -90.72), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 27, 1955, 3:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Missouri
Counties: Lincoln County
Path: 0.2 miles long, up to 10 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 27, 1955

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width
May 27, 1955	F2	Kansas	27 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F1	Missouri	0.2 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F1	Oklahoma	22.4 mi	300 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	8 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	400 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd
May 27, 1955	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Lincoln County

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