What the record says
On 7 June 1953, a tornado touched down near Arcadia, Nebraska. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 15 miles long and up to 440 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 11 people.
- F4Fujita rating
- 11deaths
- 0injuries
- 15 mipath length
- 440 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 41.33, -99.13 and the end point at 41.57, -99.05 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Nebraska
- Norfolk, Nebraska tornado30 May 1954, F4, 6 deaths, 23 injuries, 29.9 miles long
- Belvidere, Nebraska tornado9 May 1953, F3, 5 deaths, 82 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Hastings, Nebraska tornado5 May 1964, F5, 4 deaths, 50 injuries, 79.7 miles long
- Wood River, Nebraska tornado8 May 1965, F4, 4 deaths, 53 injuries, 125.7 miles long
- Little Sioux, Iowa tornado11 June 2008, EF3, 4 deaths, 48 injuries, 13 miles long
- Omaha, Nebraska tornado6 May 1975, F4, 3 deaths, 133 injuries, 8 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1953
- Flushing, Michigan tornado8 June 1953, F5, 116 deaths, 844 injuries, 18.9 miles long
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Framingham, Massachusetts tornado9 June 1953, F4, 94 deaths, 1,228 injuries, 34.9 miles long
- Vicksburg, Mississippi tornado5 December 1953, F5, 38 deaths, 270 injuries, 9 miles long
- Warner Robins, Georgia tornado30 April 1953, F4, 18 deaths, 300 injuries, 1 mile long
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