Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Butler County, Missouri, May 7, 1973

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries7

Length36 mi

Width100 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.75, -90.35) to the end point (36.83, -89.72), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 7, 1973, 4:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Missouri
Counties: Butler County, Stoddard County
Path: 36 miles long, up to 100 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 7 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 7, 1973

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 7, 1973	F2	Arkansas	2.7 mi	150 yd	0
May 7, 1973	F2	Louisiana	0.5 mi	27 yd	2
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

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