Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, May 20, 1983

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5 mi

Width200 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (29.75, -93.60) to the end point (29.83, -93.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 20, 1983, 2:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Louisiana
Counties: Cameron Parish
Path: 5 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 20, 1983

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 20, 1983	F3	Louisiana	2 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F2	Mississippi	4 mi	77 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F2	Texas	7 mi	333 yd	1	5
May 20, 1983	F2	Texas	12 mi	333 yd	1	7
May 20, 1983	F2	Texas	3 mi	167 yd	1	9
May 20, 1983	F2	Texas	4 mi	333 yd	1	2
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	1 mi	167 yd	1	4
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	2.5 mi	167 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	3 mi	167 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	1.5 mi	167 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	0.7 mi	10 yd	0	3
May 20, 1983	F1	Texas	2 mi	1,760 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.8 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Louisiana	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	10 mi	1,320 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 20, 1983	F0	Texas	1 mi	40 yd	0	0

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