Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Los Angeles County, California, January 18, 1955
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length3 mi
Width23 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.05, -118.30) to the end point (34.05, -118.30), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- January 18, 1955, 1:01 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- California
- Counties
- Los Angeles County
- Near the path
- Los Angeles (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 3 miles long, up to 23 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.