Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Collingsworth County, Texas, May 15, 1991

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length15 mi

Width450 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (35.07, -100.25) to the end point (35.23, -100.02), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 15, 1991, 8:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Texas
Counties: Collingsworth County, Wheeler County
Path: 15 miles long, up to 450 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 15, 1991

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 15, 1991	F3	Oklahoma	11.5 mi	900 yd	3
May 15, 1991	F1	Wyoming	0.1 mi	80 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F1	Kansas	1 mi	50 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Louisiana	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	New Mexico	0.2 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	2 mi	30 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	7 mi	150 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.5 mi	73 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	2.5 mi	67 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	2.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	2.5 mi	57 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	2.5 mi	67 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.8 mi	40 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1.8 mi	40 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	3.5 mi	57 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	3.5 mi	57 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Kansas	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	50 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	30 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Oklahoma	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 15, 1991	F0	Oklahoma	0.3 mi	30 yd	0

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