User:ChessEric/Tornado outbreak sequence of May 30 – June 3, 1954
| Type | Tornado outbreak sequence |
|---|---|
| Duration | May 30 – June 3, 1954 |
| Tornadoes confirmed | 39 |
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 5 days |
| Fatalities | 9 fatalities, 65 injuries |
| Damage | $11.406 million (1954 USD)[1] |
| Areas affected | Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeastern United States |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 1954 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
An expansive tornado outbreak sequence affected a large portion of the Central and Southeastern United States. The worst tornado of the outbreak large, violent F4 tornado in Nebraska that killed six and injured 23. The outbreak sequence killed nine, injured 65, and caused $11.406 million in damage.
Confirmed tornadoes[edit]
| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
May 30 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | St. Cloud | Stearns | MN | 45°38′N 94°13′W / 45.63°N 94.22°W | 17:45–? | ≥0.1 miles (0.16 km) | 33 yards (30 m) | A total of eight barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Tornado researcher Thomas P. Grazulis placed the tornado in Todd County near Long Prairie and classified it as an F2. The Climatological Data National Summary places the tornado in both counties with a non-continuous damage path. In Stearns County a building was unroofed and knocked over a smokestack. Losses totaled $25,000.[3][4] |
| F4 | ESE of Newman Grove to Kalamazoo to Warnerville to E of Norfolk | Platte, Madison, Stanton, Wayne | NE | 33°59′N 99°43′W / 33.98°N 99.72°W | 20:00–? | 29.9 miles (48.1 km) | 400 yards (370 m) | 6 deaths – A large, violent tornado damaged 30 farms with the worst damage occurring southeast of Norfolk. There, three farms were completely leveled and most of the fatalities occurred here, with some of the bodies being thrown into trees. A school and a church were also destroyed. A total of 23 people were injured, and losses totaled $7.5 million. |
May 31 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | IN | |||||||
| F2 | MO | |||||||
| F0 | KS | |||||||
| F2 | Onarga | IL | Two people were injured. | |||||
| F2 | KS | |||||||
| F2 | KS | |||||||
| F2 | MI | |||||||
| F1 | IN | One person was injured. | ||||||
| F2 | MI | |||||||
| F2 | KS | |||||||
| F1 | MO | |||||||
| F1 | MI | |||||||
| F2 | IN | |||||||
| F0 | MI | |||||||
| F1 | MI |
June 1 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | IN | |||||||
| F2 | IN | |||||||
| F1 | IN | |||||||
| F2 | IN | |||||||
| F1 | IN | |||||||
| F1 | IN | One person was injured. | ||||||
| F2 | KY | |||||||
| F2 | PA | Three people were injured. | ||||||
| F0 | PA | |||||||
| F2 | PA | |||||||
| F2 | PA | |||||||
| F2 | TX | |||||||
| F3 | Paducah to E of Chalk | Cottle | TX | 1 death – A total of 14 people were injured. | ||||
| F2 | TX | |||||||
| F3 | Iowa Park to Northern Pleasant Valley | TX | 1 death – Four people were injured. | |||||
| F3 | Downtown Burkburnett | TX | Three people were injured. |
June 2 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | MO | |||||||
| F2 | Enloe | TX | 1 death – Eight people were injured. | |||||
| F1 | TX | |||||||
| F1 | TX | |||||||
| F1 | AR | One person was injured. |
June 3 event[edit]
| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2 | MS | Three people were injured. | ||||||
| F1 | GA | Two people were injured. |
Non-tornadic impacts[edit]
May 30[edit]
May 31[edit]
June 1[edit]
June 2[edit]
June 3[edit]
See Also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "All Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (July 1993). Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. p. 980. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
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