Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F1 tornado, Adair County, Missouri, May 26, 1973

RatingF1

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5 mi

Width50 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.10, -92.55) to the end point (40.10, -92.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 26, 1973, 4:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F1
States: Missouri
Counties: Adair County
Path: 5 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 26, 1973

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 26, 1973	F4	Oklahoma	3.6 mi	500 yd	5	25
May 26, 1973	F4	Arkansas	54.8 mi	300 yd	3	289
May 26, 1973	F3	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	100 yd	0	3
May 26, 1973	F3	Kansas	4.3 mi	400 yd	0	1
May 26, 1973	F3	Oklahoma	18.7 mi	250 yd	0	6
May 26, 1973	F2	Texas	14.7 mi	10 yd	0	4
May 26, 1973	F2	Texas	6.2 mi	167 yd	0	3
May 26, 1973	F2	Mississippi	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	4
May 26, 1973	F2	Florida	105.4 mi	20 yd	1	4
May 26, 1973	F2	Oklahoma	2 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F2	Arkansas	5.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F2	Missouri	3 mi	50 yd	0	1
May 26, 1973	F2	Oklahoma	5.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F2	Oklahoma	1.5 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F2	Arkansas	2 mi	200 yd	0	2
May 26, 1973	F2	Missouri	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F2	Missouri	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Florida	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	7
May 26, 1973	F1	Kansas	3.8 mi	100 yd	3	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Kansas	1 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Oklahoma	10.5 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Missouri	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Missouri	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Oklahoma	15.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	100 yd	0	23
May 26, 1973	F1	Missouri	3 mi	210 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F0	Arkansas	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1973	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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