Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Christian County, Missouri, December 14, 1971

RatingF2

Deaths1

Injuries22

Length48.3 mi

Width200 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.03, -93.57) to the end point (37.63, -93.10), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: December 14, 1971, 11:10 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Missouri
Counties: Christian County, Greene County, Polk County, Dallas County
Path: 48.3 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 22 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on December 14, 1971

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
Dec 14, 1971	F3	Arkansas	23.6 mi	880 yd	10
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.2 mi	17 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	6.9 mi	150 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.6 mi	20 yd	1
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	4.3 mi	167 yd	4
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	11.9 mi	440 yd	2
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	9.9 mi	200 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F2	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	77 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	20 yd	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	4
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1 mi	17 yd	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1 mi	100 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.3 mi	100 yd	2
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	1.5 mi	1,760 yd	4
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	17 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Arkansas	2 mi	10 yd	1
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Missouri	24.2 mi	100 yd	3
Dec 14, 1971	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
Dec 14, 1971	F0	Texas	3.6 mi	100 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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