Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Mason County, Illinois, May 13, 1995

RatingF3

Deaths0

Injuries25

Length25 mi

Width880 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.42, -89.93) to the end point (40.52, -89.48), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 13, 1995, 5:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Illinois
Counties: Mason County, Tazewell County
Path: 25 miles long, up to 880 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 25 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 13, 1995

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 13, 1995	F4	Illinois	50 mi	1,000 yd	0	7
May 13, 1995	F4	Illinois	7 mi	880 yd	0	45
May 13, 1995	F2	Missouri	8 mi	200 yd	0	3
May 13, 1995	F2	Illinois	14 mi	880 yd	0	2
May 13, 1995	F2	Indiana	14 mi	250 yd	3	10
May 13, 1995	F2	Kentucky	15 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F2	Indiana	6.5 mi	400 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F2	Kentucky	8 mi	73 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F1	Illinois	7 mi	220 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F1	Illinois	4 mi	220 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F1	Indiana	2.8 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F1	Indiana	1.5 mi	70 yd	0	1
May 13, 1995	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F1	Kentucky	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	California	2.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	California	1 mi	33 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Illinois	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Arkansas	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 13, 1995	F0	Kentucky	0.5 mi	200 yd	0	0

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