Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F1 tornado, Wayne County, Missouri, December 2, 1982
RatingF1
Deaths0
Injuries8
Length2 mi
Width50 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (37.13, -90.73) to the end point (37.13, -90.73), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- December 2, 1982, 7:00 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F1
- States
- Missouri
- Counties
- Wayne County
- Path
- 2 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 8 injuries
Other tornadoes on December 2, 1982
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 1 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 18 mi | 233 yd | 2 | 53 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 24 mi | 350 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 32 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 7 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 9 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Arkansas | 23 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F3 | Illinois | 10.5 mi | 100 yd | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F2 | Missouri | 23 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 9 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F2 | Missouri | 13 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F2 | Arkansas | 34 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F2 | Missouri | 13.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F2 | Missouri | 12 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Iowa | 2.5 mi | 17 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 11 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 2 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 6.5 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Arkansas | 6 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Arkansas | 6 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F1 | Missouri | 1 mi | 70 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2, 1982 | F0 | Illinois | 0.5 mi | 33 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.