Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, St. Louis County, Missouri, May 22, 1957

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length4.1 mi

Width33 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (38.52, -90.40) to the end point (38.55, -90.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 22, 1957, 3:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Missouri
Counties: St. Louis County
Path: 4.1 miles long, up to 33 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 22, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 22, 1957	F3	Texas	4.1 mi	200 yd	4
May 22, 1957	F2	Kentucky	0.8 mi	440 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	14.7 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	50 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F2	Missouri	0.4 mi	33 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	100 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F1	Missouri	8 mi	100 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F1	Texas	2 mi	200 yd	2
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	2 mi	23 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	South Carolina	2 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 22, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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