Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Lipscomb County, Texas, March 22, 1987
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length30 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (36.20, -100.32) to the end point (36.48, -99.97), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 22, 1987, 5:45 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Texas
- Counties
- Lipscomb County
- Near the path
- Lipscomb (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 30 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 22, 1987
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1987 | F2 | Oklahoma | 7.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F2 | Oklahoma | 1 mi | 73 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F2 | Oklahoma | 10 mi | 83 yd | 0 | 6 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F1 | Kansas | 1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 22, 1987 | F0 | Oklahoma | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.