Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F4 tornado, Dunklin County, Missouri, April 22, 1981
RatingF4
Deaths1
Injuries32
Length63 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.60, -90.42) to the end point (36.90, -89.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 22, 1981, 4:50 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F4
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Dunklin County, New Madrid County, Mississippi County
- Path
- 63 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 1 deaths, 32 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 22, 1981
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1981 | F3 | Missouri | 7.1 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F1 | Texas | 1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F0 | Oklahoma | 19.9 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F0 | Illinois | 5.6 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 22, 1981 | F0 | Missouri | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.