Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Webster Parish, Louisiana, May 7, 1973

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length0.5 mi

Width27 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.83, -93.33) to the end point (32.83, -93.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 7, 1973, 1:50 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Louisiana
Counties: Webster Parish
Path: 0.5 miles long, up to 27 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 7, 1973

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 7, 1973	F3	Missouri	36 mi	100 yd	7
May 7, 1973	F2	Arkansas	2.7 mi	150 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Missouri	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	100 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Missouri	7.4 mi	100 yd	1
May 7, 1973	F2	Missouri	14.6 mi	100 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Missouri	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Arkansas	4.7 mi	100 yd	2
May 7, 1973	F2	Missouri	0.3 mi	27 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Alabama	1 mi	400 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Missouri	5 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Illinois	2.3 mi	300 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	3
May 7, 1973	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	1
May 7, 1973	F1	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F1	Indiana	2.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F0	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	60 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F0	Missouri	0.3 mi	27 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Webster Parish

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