Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Montague County, Texas, April 2, 1957

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries1

Length2 mi

Width33 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (33.93, -97.72) to the end point (33.93, -97.72), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 2, 1957, 3:25 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Texas
Counties: Montague County
Path: 2 miles long, up to 33 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 1 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 2, 1957

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 2, 1957	F4	Oklahoma	5.2 mi	200 yd	2	6
Apr 2, 1957	F4	Oklahoma	7.9 mi	200 yd	3	3
Apr 2, 1957	F3	Texas	10.7 mi	33 yd	0	4
Apr 2, 1957	F3	Texas	17.2 mi	100 yd	10	200
Apr 2, 1957	F3	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	2
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	11.7 mi	400 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	600 yd	1	2
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Texas	6.5 mi	100 yd	1	2
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Texas	0.3 mi	33 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	43.7 mi	150 yd	0	1
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	2
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	23.3 mi	880 yd	0	2
Apr 2, 1957	F2	Oklahoma	11.7 mi	440 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F1	Texas	1.5 mi	67 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	16.8 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	11.2 mi	880 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	67 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	8.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 2, 1957	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

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