Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Gregg County, Texas, May 3, 1958
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length59.2 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.35, -95.22) to the end point (32.57, -94.23), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 3, 1958, 2:00 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Texas
- Counties
- Gregg County, Harrison County
- Near the path
- Longview, Marshall, Kilgore, Hallsville (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 59.2 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 3, 1958
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1958 | F2 | Texas | 29 mi | 133 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F2 | Texas | 21 mi | 67 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F2 | Texas | 5.4 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F2 | Illinois | 4.7 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 3, 1958 | F2 | Illinois, Indiana | 7.8 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Texas | 21.3 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Illinois | 75.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Illinois | 1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Missouri | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 3, 1958 | F1 | Illinois | 3 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 3, 1958 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.