Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, March 14, 1971
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length6.6 mi
Width23 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.32, -89.57) to the end point (37.40, -89.50), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 14, 1971, 11:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- Near the path
- Cape Girardeau (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 6.6 miles long, up to 23 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.