Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Brown County, Illinois, December 3, 1955

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length12.5 mi

Width100 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.05, -90.68) to the end point (40.02, -90.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 3, 1955, 4:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Illinois
Counties: Brown County, Cass County
Path: 12.5 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 3, 1955

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Dec 3, 1955	F2	Illinois	32 mi	10 yd	0	0

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