Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Curry County, New Mexico, May 24, 1957

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length36.5 mi

Width37 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (34.43, -103.55) to the end point (34.77, -103.05), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 24, 1957, 5:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: New Mexico
Counties: Curry County
Path: 36.5 miles long, up to 37 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 24, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 24, 1957	F4	Oklahoma	21.6 mi	880 yd	4	5
May 24, 1957	F3	Texas	1.9 mi	200 yd	0	3
May 24, 1957	F3	Texas	37.3 mi	200 yd	0	1
May 24, 1957	F3	Texas	1.5 mi	83 yd	0	1
May 24, 1957	F2	Texas	70.1 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	30.8 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F2	Texas	2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	2.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Texas	10.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Wyoming	2.5 mi	13 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Colorado	4 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Colorado	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Colorado	0.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	9.7 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Texas	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Kansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	10.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Tornado history nearby

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